sentences:  Steuben County was officially created by European Americans in 1837 from LaGrange County, and named for Baron Frederick von Steuben, an officer of the American Revolutionary War.In 1840 the Potawatomi were forcibly removed from this area and neighboring territory in Michigan and Ohio to Indian Territory in Kansas.A Potawatomi chief, Baw Beese, led a band that was based at what later became known as Baw Beese Lake nearby in Michigan.