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An Article on Chicago from Wikipedia (Part 1)

Louis Jolliet, a Canadian explorer and the French-born Jesuit Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans to discover the Chicago area in 1673 1673 - First Europeans discover Chicago area 1781 - First permanent settlement by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable 1832 - Chief Black Hawk defeated 1837 - Chicago is incorporated as a city 1871 - The Great Fire 1885 - The first skyscraper 1893 - World Columbian Exposition 1909 - The Chicago plan 1943 - Chicago's first subway opened 1973 - Sears Tower completed with the help of local Indians

Chicago article continued below.
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Rogers Park
West Ridge
Uptown
Lincoln Square
Edison Park
Norwood Park
Jefferson Park
Forest Glen
North Park
Albany Park
O'Hare
Edgewater
North Center
Lakeview
Lincoln Park
Avondale
Logan Square
Portage Park
Irving Park
Dunning
Montclare
Blemont Cragin
Hermosa
Near North Side
Loop
Near South Side
Humbolt Park
West Town
Austin
West Garfield Park
East Garfield Park
Near West Side
North Lawndale
South Lawndale
Lower West Side
Garfield Ridge
Archer Heights
Brighton Park
McKinley Park
New City
West Elsdon
Gage Park
Clearing
West Lawn
Chicago Lawn
West Englewood
Englewood
Armour Square
Douglas
Oakland
   
 
  Chicago Article (Part 2)
 

The first permanent settlement was founded in 1781 by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an African American from Santo Domingo. The location at the mouth of the Chicago river was chosen for its strategic value for a trading post as the river connected the Lake with the Mississippi river. Later the area at the mouth of the Chicago river was occupied by a military base, Fort Dearborn. The Fort was regularly atacked by Native Americans, until Chief Black Hawk was defeated in 1832. One year later, Chicago was officially incorporated as a town and four years later, when the population reached 4170, as a city. Its name was derived from the native indian's word describing the area.

With the arrival of the railroads, the city of Chicago really started to boom reaching a population of 300,000 in 1870. One year later, disaster struck with the Great Chicago Fire laying the city in ashes. The fire destroyed about 17450 buildings, but the Chicagoans quickly started to rebuild the city. Just 6 weeks after the fire, construction of more than 300 buildings had already begun. And in 1893 Chicago had recovered well enough to host the 1893 World Columbian Exposition, commemorating the discovery by Columbus of America 400 years ago.

The foundations of todays Chicago were laid out by some of the leading architects reconstructing the city after the Great Fire.Daniel Burnham designed the first visionary urban plan for a city, the 1909 Chicago plan. It was nicknamed 'Paris on the Prairie' and included wide boulevards and parks.

   


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