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Battle of Fort Dearborn
August 15 ,1812
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By Roger Clegg, December 9, 2010 | |
| | | 1. Battle of Fort Dearborn Marker | | |
Inscription. From roughly 1620 to 1820 the territory of the Potawatomi extended from what is now Green Bay Wisconsin, to Detroit Michigan, and included the Chicago area. In 1803 the United States Government built Fort Dearborn at what today is Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive.As part of a strategic effort to protect lucrative trading in the area from the British. During the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain, some Indian tribes allied with the British to stop the westward expansion of the United States and to regain lost Indian lands. On August 15 1812 more than 50 U.S.soldiers and 41 civilians, including 9 women and 18 children were ordered to evacuate Fort Dearborn. This group almost the entire population on U.S citizens in the Chicago area, marched south from Fort Dearborn along the shoreline of Lake Michigan until they reached this approximate site, where they were attacked by about 500 Potawatomi. In the battle and aftermath, more than 60 of the evacuees and 15 native Americans were killed. The dead included army Captain William Wells,who had come from Fort Wayne with Miami Indians to assist in the evacuation, and Naunongee, chief of the village of Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Ottawa Indians known as Three Fires Confederacy in the 1830's. The Potawatomi of Illinois were forcibly removed to lands west of the Mississippi. Potawatomi | | | | 
By Allen C. Browne, November 5, 2012 | |
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Indian Nations continue to thrive in Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Canada, and more than 36,000 American Indians from a variety of tribes reside in Chicago today.
Erected 2009 by Alderman Robert Fioretti, U.S Daughters of 1812, Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance, Glessner House Museum ,American Indian Center,Illinois State Historical Society Aliance,.
Location. 41° 51.466′ N, 87° 37.158′ W. Marker is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. Marker is at the intersection of Calumet Ave and 18th Street, on the right on Calumet Ave. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chicago IL 60616, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. The Blues Trail (approx. 0.7 miles away); Aaron Montgomery Ward Gardens (approx. 0.8 miles away); Ludington Building (approx. 0.9 miles away); 910 South Michigan (approx. 0.9 miles away); Rowe Building (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Donohue Building (approx. 1.2 miles away); Grant Park (approx. 1.2 miles away); Auditorium Building (approx. 1.3 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Chicago.
More about this marker. Located in a small park on the east side of the street where Calumet meets 18th street
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By Allen C. Browne, November 5, 2012 | |
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The True Story of the Deadly Encounter at Fort Dearborn - Chicago Magazine. (Submitted on December 22, 2011, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
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By Allen C. Browne, November 5, 2012 | |
| | | 4. Battle of Fort Dearborn Park Sign | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on December 21, 2011, by Roger Clegg of Cicero, Illinois. This page has been viewed 458 times since then. Last updated on August 9, 2012, by Paul Fehrenbach of Germantown, Wisconsin. Photos: 1. submitted on December 21, 2011, by Roger Clegg of Cicero, Illinois. 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 24, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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