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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25KW_milton-l-olive-iii-park-a-war-memorial_Chicago-IL.html
Medal of Honor-Recipient Posthumous, Milton L. Olive III Park, PFC U.S. Army Company B, 2b Battalion (Airborne) 503d Infantry, 173 Airborne Brigade, Vietnam, 1965. Citation:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life ab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VVR_louis-jolliet-pere-jacques-marquette-historical_Chicago-IL.html
In Honor of Louis Jolliet & Père Jacques Marquette
The First White Men to Pass Through the Chicago River
September 1673
This Tablet is placed by the Illinois Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Under the auspices of the Chicago Historica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VVQ_catherine-and-jean-baptiste-point-du-sable-historical_Chicago-IL.html
Considered the founders of Chicago, Catherine (1756 - 1809) and Jean Baptiste (1745 - 1818) Point du Sable established a fur trading post on this site in the 1770s or early 1780s, approximately a half century before Chicago was incorporated. This …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VKM_the-pioneers-historical_Chicago-IL.html
John Kinzie, fur trader, settled near this spot in the early years of the nineteenth century. One of a band of courageous pioneers — who with their lives at stake — struggled through the wilderness, breaking soil for the seeds of a fut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VJ3_the-discoverers-historical_Chicago-IL.html
Jolliet, Father Marquette, La Salle and Tonti will live in American history as fearless explorers who made their way through the great lakes and across this watershed to the Mississippi in the late seventeenth century and typify the spirit of brav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJA_illinois-michigan-canal_Chicago-IL.html
Water Marks mosaic sculptures celebrate something few people know. Chicago owes its greatness to a canal built over 150 years ago.
Generations of French fur traders and American travelers―nation builders―dreamed of connecting Lake M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JJ8_the-water-tower-great-chicago-fire_Chicago-IL.html
The Chicago Water Tower was erected in 1869 and housed a 138-foot-high standpipe, three feet in diameter, which equalized pressure and controlled the water flowing through the mains throughout the City. Fortunately, the tower was solidly construct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I8E_jean-baptiste-pointe-dusable_Chicago-IL.html
African-Caribbean, born in St.Marc, Haiti
In the 1770's he opened the first trading post,
beside the Chicago River, establishing
the settlement that became Chicago.
The DuSable homestead was located near this site.
This monument was given t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19EU_office-and-studio-of-perkins-fellows-hamilton-architects_Chicago-IL.html
Finely detailed with tapestry brick and carved stone ornament, this Arts & Crafts-influenced facade is an excellent example of the type of designs for which this architectural firm was noted. "Towertown," as the area surrounding the Chicago Water …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19C3_green-bay-road_Chicago-IL.html
From this point, the Green Bay Road ran northwesterly to Clark Street and North Avenue, and followed Clark Street's present route to the vicinity of Peterson Avenue. This road connected Fort Dearborn with Fort Howard, Green Bay, Wisconsin.Erected …