 Joseph Bailly died of illness on 21 December 1835 in his home in Porter County, Indiana, and was buried in the family cemetery nearby.The trading post, family home and cemetery remained in the family through three generations, until after 1918.They became focal historic features of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 1966, and are currently in use demonstrating everyday life and culture before the settlement of Indiana by people of European origin.