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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]
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a black freeman, was the first permanent non-indigenous settler in the area, having a house at the mouth of the Chicago River by at least 1790, [1] though possibly as early as 1784.
That title goes to Eulalia Pelletier, the granddaughter of Chicago's first permanent non-indigenous settler, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable. [3] In 1812 Kinzie murdered Jean La Lime, who worked as an interpreter at Fort Dearborn in Chicago. This was known as "the first murder in Chicago". [4] During the War of 1812, when living in Detroit, Kinzie ...
The first known permanent settler in Chicago was a trader Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. Du Sable was of African descent, perhaps born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti), and established the settlement in the 1780s. He is commonly known as the "Founder of Chicago." [25] [26] [27]
First permanent English settlement in North America 1585: Roanoke Colony: North Carolina: United States: Settlers were left on the island on August 17, 1585. [13] 1587-1623 Mantle Site: Ontario Canada Massive late Woodland Huron-Wendat village site, with trade links reaching as far as Newfoundland. 1596 Monterrey: Nuevo León: Mexico 1597 ...
Kinzie was born in Sandwich, Ontario, the eldest son of John Kinzie, one of Chicago's first permanent settlers. [3] Kinzie arrived in Chicago with his parents when he was one year old. [3] The Kinzie family moved to Detroit, Michigan following the Battle of Fort Dearborn, living there for several years. [3] However, the family returned to ...
In 1835 Cross moved to Illinois and purchased the first claim made in the town or Roscoe for the purpose of permanent settlement and cultivation, making him the first town settler. [2] His primary occupation was farmer, but he also filled several positions in local government.
François Chouteau (1797–1838), first white settlers of Kansas City, Missouri; René Auguste Chouteau (1749–1829), trader with American Indians; founder of and influential figure in early St. Louis; George Drouillard, translator on the Lewis and Clark Expedition; Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (1745–1818), first permanent settler in Chicago ...