Kinzie Mansion and Fort Dearborn

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Fort Dearborn, named in honor of Henry Dearborn, was a United States fort built on the Chicago River in 1803 by troops under Captain John Whistler.

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Illinois, chicago, Fort Dearborn

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Illinois, Rivers and Streams

Source

Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 2) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)

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