On March 5, 1833, Thomas Jefferson Vance Owen, the government’s Indian agent in Chicago, sent a letter to Elbert Herring, commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington. Having consulted with ...

On Aug. 5, 1833, Chicago was incorporated as a village with a population of 200. In 1835 a new Chicago ordinance outlawed as a fire hazard the stacking of feed hay in the downtown area.

The home is named after Henry Brown Clarke, who moved to Chicago from New York in 1833 with his wife and kids. In 2022, the home was renamed the Clarke-Ford House to recognize the significant role ...

Curious City listener Mark Liechty often finds himself wondering what Chicago was like hundreds of ... they were pressured or forced to leave in 1833 after signing a series of treaties with ...

Grafters and Goo-Goos: Corruption and Reform in Chicago, 1833-2003, by James L. Merriner: A history of Chicago’s endless tug-of-war between regulars and reformers. Dreams from My Father ...

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