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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
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/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/HMW4I_hubbards-folly_Chicago-IL.html
On this site about 1834, Gurdon S. Hubbard built Chicago's first warehouse for storing pork and other pioneer produce. Because of its size and substantial construction early skeptics called the building "Hubbard's Folly."
Erected byChicago's Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW4H_south-water-street_Chicago-IL.html
This was Chicago's main business street in 1834, connecting the village with Fort Dearborn. Years before this also was the site of a trading post with the Indians.
Erected byChicago's Charter JubileeAuthenticated by Chicago Historical Society19…
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…