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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW4B_chicago-river_Chicago-IL.html
This river originally flowing eastward from the prairie home lands of the Potawatomi and other Indian tribes into Lack Michigan, linked the waters of the Atlantic, the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes with those of the Illinois, the Mississippi an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW49_rene-robert-cavalier-sieur-de-la-salle_Chicago-IL.html
In honor of Rene Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle & Henry de Tonti who passed through this river on their way to the Mississippi December 1681This Tablet is placed by the Illinois Society of Colonial Dames of America under the auspices of the Chi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW48_site-of-fort-dearborn_Chicago-IL.html
Chicago LandmarkFort Dearborn served as the major western garrison of the United States until destroyed during an Indian uprising in August of 1812. A second fort, erected on the same site in 1816, was demolished in 1858.Designated a Chicago Landm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3X_fort-dearborn_Chicago-IL.html
DefenseFort Dearborn stood almost on this spot. After an heroic defense in eighteen hundred and twelve, the garrison together with women and children was forced to evacuate the fort. Led by Captain Wells, they were brutally massacred by the Indian…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3V_jack-brickhouse_Chicago-IL.html
[Front:][Artwork motif of Wrigley Field, Soldier Field and Comiskey Park.]'Hey Hey'[Left Side:]Inducted into Media Wing of Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY, in 1983, and 13 other Halls of Fame throughout the nation.Broadcasted for Chicago Cu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3U_tribune-tower_Chicago-IL.html
Tribune TowerJohn Mead Howells andRaymond Hood, architects1925
This design was the result of an international competition for ?the most beautiful office building in the world," held in 1922 by the Chicago Tribune. The competition proved extreme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3T_the-honorable-joanne-h-alter_Chicago-IL.html
Joanne H. Alter was elected Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, and served with distinction from 1972 until 1990. Commissioner Alter's vision for improvement in the Chicago River led to the revitalizatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3O_grant-park_Chicago-IL.html
[Decorative features listed left to right; click on marker to enlarge]ConsoleSize: 7'-0" high 3'-6" wide 6'-0" deepMaterial Pink MarbleThe console is a decorative bracket carved as a vertical scroll and projecting from the wall to support the wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3N_monument-of-the-millennium_Chicago-IL.html
[Text on the right]The ASCE presented only ten such awards worldwide, each representing the most outstanding example of Civil engineering in a particular area of infrastructure over the past century.Created in 1889, the District built canals that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3G_columbia-yacht-club_Chicago-IL.html
During the winter of 1891, a group of Chicago sailors gathered at the home of a bridge tender to discuss the formation of a club dedicated to the sport of sailing. Their idea was to create on the lakefront, a facility where men and women could enj…