Chicago Story From Frontier Post To Great City
A concise history tracing Chicago from early settlement and Fort Dearborn destruction through 1830s growth, 1840s transit and meat packing rise, 1856 boom, 1860 census, the 1871 fire, rapid post fire recovery, the 1893 World’s Fair, and later architectural expansion shaping downtown Chicago with emphasis on progress, institutions, and skyline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New World
Fort Dearborn
City of
General Assembly of
Illinois
William B. Ogden
Chicago Century of Growth From 1808 to 1900
A compact chronicle traces Chicago's early settlement, fortifications, and population growth through key milestones. From Fort Dearborn and first settlers to the canal, rail, and canal era, it covers fires, epidemics, and the rise of Chicago as a major city with population milestones and notable events.
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Fort Dearborn
Carobo Whistler
James Swear
Ingen
United States Army
John Kiogie
United States
Ellen Marion Kisnie
Chicago
Tecumseh
Philip Fouche
Indian Agency
Kingle
Mackinac
Batmore
Hercules Imnets
Michigan
Eermon
Jeone McCoy
Congress
Espana
Aghter
Archibald Clybourn
John Kinsale
Dearborn
Lake Street
Randolph Street
Cook County
Robert Kingie
The
Democrat
John Calhoun
Napoleon
T of
Detroit
United States Land Office
Fre Department
Famous Choctaw Chief portrait added to Mississippi gallery
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History received a fine painting of Greenwood Leflore, Choctaw chief and key figure in Dancing Rabbit Creek treaty. Painted by his granddaughter Florence Ray, the work commemorates Leflore born 1800, who guided his tribe before the 1830s migration. Leflore county is named for him. Leflore’s life includes a notable clash with Andrew Jackson over an Indian agent, prompting Jackson to defend the agent as honest.
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Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Greenwood Lefore
New Orleans Picayune
Florence Ray
Lefore
Leflore
Louis le Fleur
Mississippi Territory
Nashville
Dancing Rabbit Creek
Leflore County
Carroll County
Greenwood
Malmaison
Greenwood Leflore
United States
Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
Jack Frost Process of Ice Manufacture
Paying due honor to the fact that Frost is king in the ice business. Four natural processes of manufacturing ice at a nominal expense have recently emerged, highlighting efficiency and cost savings in the industry.
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Jack Frost
Frost
Half the World's Rubber Crop and Two Other Fragments
The United States now takes half the world's crop of rubber. Munich, a city of 100000 inhabitants, has only one high school for girls. The remainder discusses ice making by the Jack Frost method and urges personal development through generosity and courage.
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United States
Munich
Live Cheerful Optimistic Qualities Needed to Kind Them
A brief social note advises that to make friends one must cultivate admired traits. It warns that being mean stingy or selfish repels others and undermines friendship prospects. The piece emphasizes positive conduct and approachable behavior as keys to forming connections.
The Contrabandist and Rose’s Betrothal in Quiet Village
Robin earns work on Antoine Lebrun’s farm and visits Rose daily. Hugh, wary of the Marquis of Montauban, hides a troubling sadness as Rose and Robin plan a future. Robin asks Rose to marry him, promising to rise in status, while Gasparde lurks with brewing resentment.
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Robin
Hugh
Rose
Antoine Lebrun
Plough
Monsieur
Mademoiselle
Hough
Hugh Lamonte
Marquis of
Montauban
Rowe
Marquis
Hogh
Chateau
Ren
Magh
Marquis of Montauban
Gasparde
Mademoiselle Jose
Newa
Hobin
Howe
Hlugh
Tose
Sheel
Hin
Maine’s Consumptive Cure Tolerably Certain Yet Unpopular
Maine doctors advocate sending tuberculosis patients to the northern pine woods for isolation and daily work. Patients endure years of exile, with only brief visits, before a final certificate of liberty. Most refuse the plan, yet records show nine of ten who complete the treatment are cured, while few die from consumption in the woods.
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Maine
Pine Woods
Highland
Maine Woods
Kale
New York Sun
Football Notes Has the Referee Lost His Head
In Glasgow Evening Times style a playful exchange notes the referee’s clash with a player leaving the line judge with only an ear teeth and hair shown in a tongue in cheek moment reflecting a rough game.
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Rikhard
Jem Crushem
Glasgow Evening Times
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Old Fort Dearborn
Board of Health
Illinois and
Galena Ae Jeago Union Railroad
Buena Vista
Milwaukee
Illinois and Michigan
Galena Road
Dama
Illinois Central Railroad
Ise
Kansas
Court House Square
Free State
Ron
Bus Street
Joe West
State Street
Lady Elgin
Camp Douglas
Internal Revenue Collector
Valen
Ashington Street
la Balle Street
Bertens
Chicage Wer Company
Moore Brothers
New York
Temry
Chicago Board of Te
Pullman
American Hall Road Union
Tte
Eugene V. Debs
Cleveland
Joseph Leiter
Lockport
McKinley
Washington
L. F. Cook
Cincinnati Post
France
Itose
Mose
Gues
Noyance
Cousin Rose
Haugh
Hose
Cousin
Abe
Eve
Howin
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