Results for Fort Dearborn
Fort Dearborn Footprint
Fort Dearborn
In 1803, the United States gover...
Battle of Fort Dearborn
August 15 ,1812
From roughly 1620 to 1820 the territ...
Fort Wayne ~ Fort Dearborn Trail
An ancient Indian trail, through Pottawattomie country, va...
Fort Wayne-Fort Dearborn Trail
Sauk (sac) Indian Trail, a southwest fork of the Fort Wayn...
Results for Fort Dearborn
Fort Dearborn Footprint
Embedded into the sidewalk outside of the Michigan Avenue Fannie May store are dozens of small rectangular metal plates arranged in a curious pattern. A bit of exploration reveals ...
Fort Dearborn
In 1803, the United States government built Fort Dearborn near the mouth of the Chicago River to guard the portage between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin. There was very little settlement in Chicago at the time ...
Battle of Fort Dearborn
August 15 ,1812
From roughly 1620 to 1820 the territory of the Potawatomi extended from what is now Green Bay Wisconsin, to Detroit Michigan, and included the Chicago area. In 1803 the United States Government built Fort Dearborn at what today ...
Fort Wayne ~ Fort Dearborn Trail
An ancient Indian trail, through Pottawattomie country, variably called the Dragoon, White Pigeon, Great Northwestern and Fort Dearborn Road. After 1795 used for mail delivery between Fort Wayne and Fort Dearborn. Captain Wells, Wayne spy, was slain along this route.
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Fort Wayne-Fort Dearborn Trail
Sauk (sac) Indian Trail, a southwest fork of the Fort Wayne-Fort Dearborn Trail, was an early route travelled by Indians from Rock Island, Illinois to Detroit, Michigan to collect their annuities from the British for their services in the Revolutionary ...
