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Why was Fort Dearborn renamed Chicago?

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Though the bloody clash took place somewhere between what's now Roosevelt Road and 18th Street, it was traditionally known as the Fort Dearborn Massacre. read more

The Battle of Fort Dearborn (also known as the Fort Dearborn Massacre) was an engagement between United States troops and Potawatomi Native Americans that occurred on August 15, 1812, near Fort Dearborn in what is now Chicago, Illinois, but was then part of the Illinois Territory. read more

The original fort was destroyed following the Battle of Fort Dearborn during the War of 1812, and a new fort was constructed on the same site in 1816. By 1837, the fort had been de-commissioned. Parts of the fort were lost to both the widening of the Chicago River in 1855, and a fire in 1857. read more

During the Fort Dearborn Memorial Tablet. ceremonies that took place on Saturday afternoon, May 21, 1881, the President of the Chicago Historical Society, Hon. Isaac N. Arnold. asked the Hon. John Wentworth to step forward, saying that Chicago was more indebted to him than any other man for the appropriations obtained from Congress for the magnificicent harbor they saw before them. read more

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