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In 1939, the Chicago City Council added a fourth star to the city flag to represent Fort Dearborn. This star is depicted as the left-most, or first, star of the flag. [32] The site of the fort was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 1971. [33] An elementary school in the Chicago Public Schools system is named after Fort Dearborn. [34]
August 15, the Battle of Fort Dearborn. 1816: The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri. Ft. Dearborn is rebuilt. 1818: December 3, Illinois joins the Union and becomes a state. 1820 Chicago 1821 Survey of Chicago. 1830 August 4, Chicago is surveyed and platted for the first time by James Thompson. Population: "Less than 100". [1 ...
Plan of Fort Dearborn drawn by John Whistler in 1808. Fort Dearborn was constructed by United States troops under the command of Captain John Whistler in 1803. [1] It was located on the south bank of the main stem of the Chicago River in what is now the Loop community area of downtown Chicago. At the time, the area was seen as wilderness.
The US built Fort Dearborn in 1803 on the Chicago River. It was destroyed by Indian forces during the War of 1812 in the Battle of Fort Dearborn, and many of the inhabitants were killed or taken prisoner. [14] The fort had been ordered to evacuate. During the evacuation soldiers and civilians were overtaken near what is today Prairie Avenue.
1824 The Chicago Road was surveyed between Fort Dearborn in Chicago and Detroit. Besides its original military purpose, it became a major avenue for settlement and trade. 1828 The British turned over their fort on Drummond Island to the United States. 1828 Lewis Cass and Henry Schoolcraft established the Historical Society of Michigan.
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The Fort Dearborn Massacre Monument is not to be confused with Defense, a 1928 bas relief sculpture by Henry Hering. Defense also depicts a scene from the Battle of Fort Dearborn, and is located on the side of the southwest bridgehouse of the DuSable Bridge , at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive , the former location of Fort Dearborn .