Fort Dearborn
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Fort Dearborn was a United States fort, first built in 1803 beside the Chicago River, in what is now Chicago, Illinois. It was constructed by U.S. troops under Captain John Whistler and named in honor
1856 drawing showing Fort Dearborn as it appeared in 1831
Artist's rendering of a bird's-eye view of the original Fort Dearborn
The Kinzie Mansion. Fort Dearborn is in the background.
Fort Dearborn in 1850
Battle of Fort Dearborn
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The Battle of Fort Dearborn was an engagement between United States troops, militia and Miami native auxiliaries, against Potawatomi Native Americans that took place on August 15, 1812, near Fort Dear
Fort Dearborn
…under Captain John Whistler and named in honor of Henry Dearborn, then United States Secretary of War. The original fort was destroyed following the Battle of Fort Dearborn during the War of 1812, and a replacement Fort Dearborn was constructed on the same site in 1816 and decommissioned by 1837. Parts of the fort were…
The Battle of Fort Dearborn is commemorated on the site of Fort Dearborn with Defense a 1928 sculpture by Henry Hering that adorns the southeastern tender's house of the DuSable Bridge
William Hull
William Wells
1884 drawing of the tree said to have marked the site of the start of the battle