HISTORY OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS ERAS AMERICA INFORMATION TABLES MAPS GLOSSARY BLOG UNITED STATES HISTORY SEARCH INFO POPULAR PAGES THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT THE PRESENT SITE CHICAGO THE MISSION THE GUARDIAN ANGEL FATHER FRANCOIS JESUIT PRIEST ABANDONED JEAN BAPTISTE POINT DU SABLE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT THE MOUTH CHICAGO RIVER TERMS THE TREATY GREENVILLE IN POTAWATOMI INDIANS CEDED TRACT OF LAND MILES THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION OF FORT FORT DEARBORN THE SECRETARY THREATS BRITISH THE FORT SOON THE WAR OF 1812 REBUILT MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT THE UNION DESIGNATED SETTLED COOK COUNTY CONGRESS RIGHT OF WAY LAKE MICHIGAN LASALLE BUILD THE STATE LEGISLATURE CANAL CONNECT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DES PLAINES PLAT THE TOWN FILED INCORPORATION YEARS LATER ORIGIN NAME GENERALLY BELIEVED DERIVED INDIAN WORD MEANING THE ORIGINAL SIZE SQUARE MILE POPULATION AREA STEPS SQUARE CIVIC ELECTION WILLIAM OGDEN BECOMING THE YEAR MARKED EVENTS THE HISTORY OF LOCOMOTIVE REACH RAILROAD THE LEAD MINDS ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN CANAL THE NEXT BUILDINGS SWAMPY IMPOSSIBLE CONSTRUCT CELLARS DRAINAGE COMMISSION ORGANIZED REGULATIONS GRADE FEET ABOVE LEVEL STREETS RAISED COVERING AVAILABLE BENEATH RISEN NATIONAL POLITICAL 1860 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN NOMINATED PRESIDENCY THE THIRD FLEDGLING CONFEDERACY ATTACKED FORT SUMTER THREE DAYS PRESIDENT LINCOLN CALL IMMEDIATELY COMPANIES LIGHT ARTILLERY CAMP DOUGLAS OPEN WEST COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE ON THE NIGHT FIRE ALLEGEDLY COW BARN BEHIND PATRICK COTTAGE AT 137 DEKOVEN STREET THE FLAMES JUMPED THE RIVER BY 2 THE BUSINESS DISTRICT ABLAZE SPREAD NORTHWARD DIED DAMAGE QUICKLY LABOR IMPROVEMENTS WORKING CONDITIONS CONFRONTATION MCCORMICK HARVESTER PLANT MAY 3 TO THE DEATH PROTESTERS THE POLICE ATTEMPTED DISPERSE CROWD PROTESTING PREVIOUS BOMB KILLING POLICEMAN SEVEN EIGHT MEN BROUGHT TO TRIAL LITTLE EVIDENCE CONNECTED CONVICTED DEATH SENTENCES PRISON SENTENCE COMMITTED SUICIDE SENTENCES REDUCED TO LIFE THE GOVERNOR PARDONED IN PRISON FAIRS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY CHRISTOPHER JACKSON PARK CONVERTED WHITE CITY AFTERWARDS PALACE OF FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY PEOPLE THE CENTURY PROGRESS DISPLAYED HUMAN PROGRESS VISITORS INTERNATIONAL FAIR AMERICAN HISTORY FOR ITSELF MEIGS FIELD THE SITE IN OPERATION 1968 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION PERIOD INCREASING ANTIWAR LARGE NUMBERS VIETNAM WAR MAYOR RICHARD DALEY POLICE PREVENT DISRUPTION RESPONSE CHARGES INCITEMENT RIOT JUDGE JULIUS HOFFMAN TRIAL BARELY DISGUISED SENTENCED DEFENDANTS LAWYERS CONTEMPT OF COURT DECISIONS HANDED DOWN CONVICTIONS BASIS JUDICIAL PREJUDICE FBI MISCONDUCT BOOKS GIANT IN THE SHADOWS THE LIFE ROBERT LINCOLN JASON ABRAHAM LINCOLNS LAST SURVIVING THE DETAILS CLUB CATHY JEAN THE PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION OF PRAIRIE ENTITY CONTINUITY AND CHANGE DAVID EISENHOWER EXPRESSWAY SITS VILLAGE PROUD RICH TRADITION CULTURAL SOCIAL REVISITED DOUGLAS CHICAGOS LOOP CICERO LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES IN CATALOG PLANT BY JOHN SEARS TOWER HISTORIC COMPANY THE NATIONS UNIQUE GERMAN JOSEPH SUSAN BARTON ONE IN FOUR NO OTHER ETHNIC THUMBPRINT HELPING THE YARDS JEANNETTE BACK OF THE YARDS NEIGHBORHOOD PACKINGTOWN TOWN OF LAKE STADIUM PAUL MICHAEL CHICAGO STADIUM CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT LOCAL SPORTS PROMOTER PADDY SPORTS ARENA IN THE WORLD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED POLICY