March 4th, 1884
The city of Chicago was incorporated 187 years ago, today. Here’s Erik Blome’s bust of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the first non-indigenous resident (1790) of the lands that would become the city 94 years later.
The city of Chicago was incorporated 187 years ago, today. Here’s Erik Blome’s bust of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the first non-indigenous resident (1790) of the lands that would become the city 94 years later.