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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM163W_allan-pinkerton_Chicago-IL.html
In memory of Allan Pinkerton, born in Glascow, Scotland, August 25th 1819. Died in Chicago, Illinois July 1st 1884. Aged 65 years. A friend to honesty and a foe to crime, devoting himself for a generation to the prevention and detection of crime i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15ZM_jane-addams-hull-house-and-dining-hall_Chicago-IL.html
Here, in 1899, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr started what became the most influential social settlement in America. It eventually consisted of several buildings around this house which had been built in 1856 by Charles Hull. The Dining Hall an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15RD_the-1992-river-west-gas-fires_Chicago-IL.html
At 4 P.M. on January 17, 1992, a series of explosions and fires ravaged the River West community. The fires were in an area bounded by the Chicago River, the Kennedy Expressway, and Kinzie and Division Streets. The devastation was caused by over-p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15R5_the-eastland-disaster_Chicago-IL.html
While still partially tied to its dock at the river's edge, the excursion steamer Eastland rolled over on the morning of July 24, 1915. The result was one of the worst maritime disasters in American history. More than eight hundred people lost the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14QT_emil-bach-house_Chicago-IL.html
One of the last of Wright's small urban houses, the Bach House combines elements of the Prairie Style with a compact plan well suited for an interior lot. The inward orientation of the house ensures the privacy of its residents and reflects Wright…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11LR_old-treaty-elm_Chicago-IL.html
The tree which stood here until 1933, marked the Northern Boundary of the Fort Dearborn Reservation, the trail to Lake Geneva, the center of Billy Caldwell's (Chief Sauganash) Reservation, and the site of the Indian Treaty of 1835.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11IM_burial-site-of-josette-beaubien_Chicago-IL.html
Josette Beaubien, a survivor of the Fort Dearborn Massacre, was buried here in 1845. She was married to Jean Baptiste Beaubien, one of Chicago's first settlers. Her brother was Claude LaFramboise, a chief of the Potawatomi Indians. Chief Alexander…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11IL_alexander-robinson_Chicago-IL.html
(Chee Chee Pin Quay)Chief of the Potawatomi, Chippewa, and Ottawa IndiansWho died April 22, 1872Catherine (Chevalier) his wifewho died August 7, 1860and other members of their familyare buried on this spot -Part of the Reservation granted himBy th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYVX_carbide-and-carbon-building_Chicago-IL.html
Chicago Landmark
According to popular legend, the architects chose this building's dark green and gold colors based on a gold-foiled champagne bottle seen at an office holiday party. Whether true of not, the building is one of the most-distinct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW9R_the-blues-trail_Chicago-IL.html
[Side A:]The "Great Migration" from the South to "the Promised Land" of Chicago brought more African Americans here from Mississippi than any other state, especially during and after World War II. With the migrants came the Delta blues that was th…