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Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pwɛ̃ dy sɑbl]; also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable; [n 1] before 1750 [n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the city's founder. [7]
Joseph John O'Connell (1861 – 1959), 1st, was an electrical engineer and inventor. He worked for the Chicago Telephone Company (which began as the Chicago Bell Telephone, Co. in 1878 [1]) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He had many inventions including the circuit breaker and the coin return. He also created the "invisible wire ...
July 10, Chicago's first legally executed criminal, John Stone was hanged for rape and murder. Population: 4,470. [4] 1843: Chicago's first cemetery, Chicago City Cemetery, was established in Lincoln Park. [5] 1844: Lake Park designated. [6] 1847: June 10, The first issue of the Chicago Tribune is published. 1848
A postage meter imprints an amount of postage, functioning as a postage stamp, a cancellation and a dated postmark all in one. The postage meter was invented by Chicago inventor Arthur Pitney, receiving a patent for the invention on October 14, 1902. [87] 1902 Teddy bear. A teddy bear is a stuffed toy bear.
The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition (1995); essays by scholars covering important mayors before 1980; Green, Paul M., and Melvin G. Holli. Chicago, World War II (2003) excerpt and text search; short and heavily illustrated; Gustaitis, Joseph. Chicago's Greatest Year, 1893: The White City and the Birth of a Modern Metropolis (2013) online
JPC headquarters at 820 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago (designed by Moutoussamy), 1973. John Warren Moutoussamy (January 5, 1922 – May 6, 1995) was an American architect, best known for designing the headquarters building of the Johnson Publishing Company in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
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John Mills Van Osdel (July 31, 1811 – December 21, 1891) [1] was an American architect who is considered the first Chicago architect. [2] He is considered a peer of the most prominent architects in the history of Chicago. He has also done significant work throughout Illinois and the Midwest, although much of it no longer exists. [vague]