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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VKM_the-pioneers-historical_Chicago-IL.html
John Kinzie, fur trader, settled near this spot in the early years of the nineteenth century. One of a band of courageous pioneers — who with their lives at stake — struggled through the wilderness, breaking soil for the seeds of a fut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VJ3_the-discoverers-historical_Chicago-IL.html
Jolliet, Father Marquette, La Salle and Tonti will live in American history as fearless explorers who made their way through the great lakes and across this watershed to the Mississippi in the late seventeenth century and typify the spirit of brav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V7N_saint-frances-xavier-cabrini-historical_Chicago-IL.html
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first United States citizen canonized a Saint. In this building which bore her name, Mother Cabrini cared for the many Italian Immigrants who settled in this area of the near west side.
In her honor
and ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1V_melamerson-athletic-field_Chicago-IL.html
Dorothy Melamerson lived most of her life in Lincoln Park. A Fitness enthusiast, she was a gym teacher at Stone Elementary School and other public schools for 36 years. When she retired in 1977, she began an education of her own: how to make her s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1U_blackstone-hotel_Chicago-IL.html
An outstanding example of Modern French style of Beaux-Arts Classical architecture. As one of the city's earliest luxury hotels, it became the "Hotel of Presidents," serving as host to a dozen U.S. Presidents, including Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1N_kwanusila_Chicago-IL.html
Kwanusila, the Thunderbird, is an authentic Kwagulth Indian totem pole, carved in red cedar by Tony Hunt of Port Rupert, British Columbia.
The crests carved upon the totem pole represent Kwanusila, the Thunderbird, a whale with a man on its bac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1M_waveland-clock-tower_Chicago-IL.html
Originally known as the Lincoln Park Fieldhouse and Carillon Tower, the Waveland Clock Tower was constructed in 1931. The English Gothic style building was designed by Edwin H. Clark and the chimes were from the Deagan Company of Chicago.
The Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1D_getty-tomb_Chicago-IL.html
The Getty Tomb marks the maturity of [Louis] Sullivan's architectural style and the beginning of modern architecture in America. Here the architect departed from historic precedent to create a building of strong geometric massing, detailed with or…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S17_john-peter-altgeld_Chicago-IL.html
Born December 30, 1847
Died March 12, 1902
These Tablets Containing
Selections from his
Public Utterances
are dedicated by
The John P. Altgeld
Memorial Association
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S0E_earl-seymour-wharton-reebie_Chicago-IL.html
Staff Sergeant
727 AAF Bomb Sq
15th Air Force U.S.A.
Killed by enemy action
over Yugoslavia