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  2. List of Chicago placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Archibald Clybourn, the first police constable of Chicago Columbus Drive: Christopher Columbus [14] Constance Avenue: Konstanz, Germany Cook County: The county in which Chicago is situated was named after Daniel Pope Cook, who served as the second U.S. Representative from Illinois and the first Attorney General of the State of Illinois Cottage ...

  3. West Chicago, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2020 census . It was formerly named Junction and later Turner Junction, after its founder, John Bice Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU) in 1855.

  4. List of heads of the Chicago Police Department - Wikipedia

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    ^A Orsemus Morrison's tenure predates the incorporation of Chicago as a city. While no mayor was serving at the time he was High Constable, John H. Kinzie was Town President ^B The position of "General Superintendent of Police" ceased to be the head of the Chicago Police Department prior to the end of O'Connor's tenure, which was December 29, 1964

  5. Charles H. Constable - Wikipedia

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    Charles H. Constable (July 17, 1817 – October 9, 1865) was an American attorney, Illinois State Senator, judge, and real estate entrepreneur. He was raised in Maryland and graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Law.

  6. Vintage Chicago Tribune: From 1800s to now, history of ... - AOL

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    Hey Chicago — do you know how long laws governing abortion have been on the books in Illinois? Since Abraham Lincoln was a teenager. But, how did we get from a statute outlawing the sale of ...

  7. List of Old West lawmen - Wikipedia

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    Chief of Police, Provo, Utah and constable of Mona, Utah: John Watson Bell Bascom: No image available: 1869–1948 Deputy Sheriff, Uintah County, Utah and constable of Naples, Utah: Charlie Bassett: 1847–1896 1873–1879 Sheriff of Ford County, Kansas, Marshal of Dodge City [In Dodge Peace Commission Photograph Bassett is seated in the front ...

  8. Timeline of Chicago history - Wikipedia

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    August 4, Chicago is surveyed and platted for the first time by James Thompson. Population: "Less than 100". [1] 1833 1833 Treaty of Chicago; Chicago incorporated as a town. [1] 1835 August 31, about 800 Potawatomi men gathered for a war dance in Chicago before being removed to west of the Mississippi River. [2] 1837 Chicago incorporated as a ...

  9. 6th ward, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The 6th ward represented areas north of the Chicago River, and east of North Clark Street. Beginning February 16, 1847 (when the city increased its number of wards to nine), the ward represented areas west of the Chicago River and north of Randolph Street. [1] The Illinois and Michigan Canal was completed in 1848, running through the district. [2]