CAHOKIA - The Pontiac brand of cars is the namesake of a great Indian chief who fought the British during colonial days and was murdered here 240 years ago.

Question: What happened to the Chief Pontiac statue at Harry’s on the Hill car dealership? I wonder if you could write an article and tell us where he is now. We miss the Indian.

Named for a Michigan-area Indian chief who once led a failed rebellion against the British, Pontiac was created by General Motors in 1926 and built cars for the middle class for 83 years until it ...

Pontiac is a survivor. The car named for the famous Indian chief has come through the changing fortunes of General Motors with a unique position in company history: It’s the only car to eclipse ...

Named after its home city and a colorful Indian chief, Pontiac was launched in 1926. Embodying many features of pricier cars yet costing little more than the cheapest lines, Pontiac immediately ...

As a luxury vehicle, the 1957 Pontiac Star Chief Custom Bonneville comes with all the bells and whistles one would want from such a car. Powered by a 347-cubic-inch V8 engine that packs 315 ...

Another depiction of Chief Pontiac is Marshall Fredericks‘ 20-foot image gold-anodized aluminum sculpture commissioned for the then-Community Bank building at 30 N. Saginaw St. in downtown Pontiac.

The Chief Pontiac statue at the car dealership Harry's on the Hill was removed July 13, 2018. (Photo: Angela Wilhelm/[email protected]) Author: Sam DeGrave and John Boyle (Asheville ...

Three years later, General Motors bought them out, and in 1926 it created the Pontiac brand of cars we know today. An Ottawa Indian chief and maker of iconic cars 1000logos.net ...

It’s unlikely that Pontiac, an Ottawa Indian chief, ever expected a GM division to be named after him, although he might have had good vibes about the red arrowhead that serves as its logo. He ...

A reader asks about what happened to the Chief Pontiac statue at Harry’s on the Hill car dealership.