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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJU_co-b-1st-reg-ill-l-t-artillery_Chicago-IL.html
I die for liberty boys.
Go back and man the gun.
T.M. Blaisdell I.Lt. · Jacob Deilman · C.M. Everett I.Ser. · Sam'l Hadlock · O.E. Beckers · A.H. Beidleman · A.J. Pulz · J.P. Cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJT_george-b-armstrong_Chicago-IL.html
Founder of the United States Railway Mail Service. Put his first railway postal car in use on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway between Chicago, Ill and Clinton, Iowa, August 28th, 1864, under authority from Postmaster Gen. Montgomery Blair. Da…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJR_soldiers-sailors-monument_Chicago-IL.html
Our Heroes
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJQ_chicago-board-of-trade-battery_Chicago-IL.html
Stone River, Farmington, Chickamauga, Jonesborough, Atlanta, Selma, Dallas, Lovejoy, Decatur, Elk River, Nashville
Ringgold, Kenesaw Mountian, Rome, Flat Rock, Noonday Creek, Big Shanty.
Vinnings Station, Pulaski, Black Jack Ridge, Lawrenceb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJC_the-nine-dragon-wall-in-chicagos-chinatown_Chicago-IL.html
There are three existing ancient Nine Dragon Walls in China. They are located in Datong, Shanxi Province and Beijing. The Nine Dragon Walls are originated from Screen Walls in ancient Chinese architecture.
Ancient Chinese believed 9 to be the m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJA_illinois-michigan-canal_Chicago-IL.html
Water Marks mosaic sculptures celebrate something few people know. Chicago owes its greatness to a canal built over 150 years ago.
Generations of French fur traders and American travelers―nation builders―dreamed of connecting Lake M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJ8_the-water-tower-great-chicago-fire_Chicago-IL.html
The Chicago Water Tower was erected in 1869 and housed a 138-foot-high standpipe, three feet in diameter, which equalized pressure and controlled the water flowing through the mains throughout the City. Fortunately, the tower was solidly construct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJ7_state-street_Chicago-IL.html
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Chicago's Great Street
There is only one State Street. Widely celebrated in song, "That Great Street" has been known since the 1870s for its concentration of premier department stores and world-class architecture.
Chicago…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ID1_regeneration_Chicago-IL.html
The Great Chicago Fire in October eighteen hundred and seventy-one devastated the city. From its ashes the people of Chicago caused a new and greater city to rise imbued with that indomitable spirit and energy by which they have ever been guided.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ID0_old-fort-dearborn_Chicago-IL.html
Here · Stood
Old · Fort · Dearborn
1803 - 1812