#Magnificent Mile

[alwaysbewoke]

Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable was born in Saint-Domingue, Haiti (French colony) during the Haitian Revolution. At some point he settled in the part of North America that is now known as the city of Chicago and was described in historical documents as "a handsome negro" He married a Native American woman, Kitiwaha, and they had two children. In 1779, during the American Revolutionary War, he was arrested by the British on suspicion of being an American Patriot sympathizer. In the early 1780s he worked for the British lieutenant-governor of Michilimackinac on an estate at what is now the city of St. Clair, Michigan north of Detroit. In the late 1700's, Jean-Baptiste was the first person to establish an extensive and prosperous trading settlement in what would become the city of Chicago. Historic documents confirm that his property was right at the mouth of the Chicago River. Many people, however, believe that John Kinzie (a white trader) and his family were the first to settle in the area that is now known as Chicago, and it is true that the Kinzie family were Chicago's first "permanent" European settlers. But the truth is that the Kinzie family purchased their property from a French trader who had purchased it from Jean-Baptiste. He died in August 1818, and because he was a Black man, many people tried to white wash the story of Chicago's founding. But in 1912, after the Great Migration, a plaque commemorating Jean-Baptiste appeared in downtown Chicago on the site of his former home. Later in 1913, a white historian named Dr. Milo Milton Quaife also recognized Jean-Baptiste as the founder of Chicago. And as the years went by, more and more Black notables such as Carter G. Woodson and Langston Hughes began to include Jean-Baptiste in their writings as "the brownskin pioneer who founded the Windy City." In 2009, a bronze bust of Jean-Baptiste was designed and placed in Pioneer Square in Chicago along the Magnificent Mile. There is also a popular museum in Chicago named after him called the DuSable Museum of African American History.

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[emaadsidiki]

The Royal Sonesta Chicago 🏙️

[kodachrome-net]

Michigan Avenue Bridge, Chicago, October 1989

[benkustos]

context - took a last minute trip to chicago for st. patrick's day and it was filled with people, young, old, sober, drunk, and or taking it all in. later in the afternoon was walking back up michigan and walked into this giant crowd of people enjoying their time. on the corner of my right eye i see this couple just engrossed in their conversation without a care of what's happening around them. it played out like a movie for me with bystanders slowly dispersing and creating this scene for me. these two must have broken up and got back together seven times. it was one of those things where "life" was happening. i wish nothing but the best for these two!

[allsfairinmartingore]

I’ll tell you how I’ve been there, too…

[rabbitcruiser]

On September 30, 1861, the chewing gum king William Wrigley Jr. was born in Philadelphia.

[backroad-life]

Credit: Mike Newbry

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[carrie11]

Tulip Mania

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Magnificent Mile, Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Benjamin R.

[emaadsidiki]

Chicago Downtown 🏙️

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[jirikrecek]

Engulfed

1/1250th | f/5.6 | ISO 200 | GR III Posi Film Survival instinct,Where there is smoke there’s fire.Both can be suppressed.#haiku

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[mrsmoose54]

States 46 & 47 Day 6 - (Chicago IL - Kenosha WI) - Day 6