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  2. List of jail and prison museums - Wikipedia

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    Jail Old Jail Museum (Silverton, Texas) Silverton: Texas: United States Jail Old Jail Museum (St. Augustine, Florida) in the Old St. Johns County Jail: St. Augustine: Florida: United States Jail Old Jail Museum (Taylorsville, North Carolina) Taylorsville: North Carolina: United States Jail Old Jail Museum (Thompson Falls, Montana) Thompson ...

  3. Cook County Jail - Wikipedia

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    The city Bridewell moved to the site of the present jail complex at 29th and California in 1871 (at the time of the Great Chicago Fire) but the county's serious alleged offenders did not generally move there until the 1920s. When the two facilities began to be located together, they first gained the reputation as the 'largest concentration of ...

  4. List of city name changes - Wikipedia

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    102.36 Texas. 102.37 Utah. 102.38 Vermont. ... East Chicago Heights → Ford Heights — in Cook ... The name used by the city in its official documents and on its ...

  5. Timeline of Chicago history - Wikipedia

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    Chicago incorporated as a city. [1] Chicago receives its first charter. [3] Rush Medical College is founded two days before the city was chartered. It is the first medical school in the state of Illinois which is still operating. The remaining 450 Potawatomi left Chicago. 1840

  6. List of Chicago placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Gladys Park is also named for her. Another city street, Langley Avenue, and city park is named for another relative, Esther Gunderson Langley. [24] Grace Street Named after the Lutheran Chicago Theological Seminary [25] (1890-1908) located at Clark/Addison to Grace/Sheffield. It is located at 3800 north and just north of Wrigley Field.

  7. History of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.

  8. At least 30 Tren de Aragua gang members busted in Chicago in ...

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    In Chicago, TdA has been spilling into the already gang-ridden South Side of the city aggravating the local gangbangers. The city shelled out almost half a billion dollars over the last two years ...

  9. Nicknames of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    "The City that Works" – slogan from Richard J. Daley's tenure as mayor, describing Chicago as a blue-collar, hard-working city, which ran relatively smoothly [24] " Heart of America " – Chicago is one of the largest transportation centers in America, and its location was once near the center of the United States.