Three Historical Events That Made the City of Chicago A Household Name All Over the Globe

Historical events in the city of Chicago come rarely as big as the three listed below.

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1674-12-04 - Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago
known as Pere Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan. In 1673 Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first non-Native Americans to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River

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