29 Aug 1821

First Treaty of Chicago

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At Chicago, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi representatives signed a treaty August 29, 1821, giving up land in southwestern Michigan and also gave permission to build a road from Detroit to Chicago, completed in 1835.

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/page...

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Encyclopdedia of Chicago

Added Thu, Dec 10 2009 at 5:19PM UTC by

Rob Brent

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