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Download as PDF; Printable version ... Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's ...
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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
The Encyclopedia of Chicago is a historical reference work covering Chicago and the entire Chicago metropolitan area published by the University of Chicago Press. Released in October 2004, the work is the result of a ten-year collaboration between the Newberry Library and the Chicago Historical Society .
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]
Chicago Plan Commission; Chicago Portage; Chicago Railroad Fair; Chicago Relief and Aid Society; Chicago Seven; Chicago Surface Lines; Chicago Technical College; Chicago Tunnel Company; ChicagoFest; Chinaman (politics) History of Chinese Americans in Chicago; Chopin Plaza; City Club of Chicago; Coalition of Labor Union Women; Coey-Mitchell ...
144 years ago, the Great Fire of Chicago took over the city, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) operates public schools serving the community. [7] Ogden International School of Chicago has its East Campus, which houses elementary school, [8] in the Gold Coast. [9] Residents of the Gold Coast are zoned to Ogden School for grades K-8, [10] while for high school they are zoned to Lincoln Park High School. [11]