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  2. Timeline of Chicago history - Wikipedia

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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

  3. Chicago Curb Exchange - Wikipedia

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    On December 31, 1936, net assets were $74,652, in cash and government bonds. That year, the board of governors at the curb approved 14 new listings and four additional listings, with two memberships transferred, one for $1000 and one for $1,250. The exchange also received exemption in four new states: Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

  4. History of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.

  5. Merchandise Mart - Wikipedia

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    The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space.

  6. Encyclopedia of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, it includes 442 maps, more than 400 vintage photographs, [25] over 250 sketches of "historically significant business enterprises", [6] a dictionary of Chicago-area businesses, a biographical dictionary and a 21-page timeline that traces the history of Chicago from 1630 to 2000. [3] [10]

  7. Union Stock Yards - Wikipedia

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    Panorama of the beef industry in 1900 by a Chicago-based photographer 1905 International Live Stock Exposition catalogue Hog hoist, circa 1909. The area and scale of the stockyards, along with technological advancements in rail transport and refrigeration, allowed for the creation of some of America's first truly global companies led by entrepreneurs such as Gustavus Franklin Swift and Philip ...

  8. Chicago in the 1930s - Wikipedia

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    At the beginning of 1930 and at beginning of 1940, the population of Chicago was 3,376,438 and 3,396,808 respectively. [9] The Doorway to Hell (1930) was a movie made in 1930 based on the theme of organizing the various gangs in Chicago so that the gangsters do not destroy each other. It was nominated for the Best Writing, Original Story for ...

  9. History of public health in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The Encyclopedia of Chicago (University Chicago Press, 2004) Haas, Shirley. 150 Years of Municipal Health Care in the City of Chicago: Board of Health, Department of Health, 1835–1985 (1985). Koehler, Gottfried. Annals of health and sanitation in Chicago (1919) online excerpts from primary sources. Koslow, Jennifer.

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