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Fort Dearborn

NOUN
Chicago
Synonyms
STRONG
Chi
WEAK
Chi-town City by the Lake City of the Lakes and Prairies Second City the Loop the Windy City

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One panel depicting the Battle of Fort Dearborn shows U.S.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2020

But the Fort Dearborn panel, with its depiction of the Potawatomi, likely wouldn’t.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2020

John Kinzie ran a saloon and moonlighted as a silversmith in the early 1800s, when Chicago was nothing more than Fort Dearborn and a few pioneers.

From Chicago Tribune • Jan. 6, 2014

At Chicago undergraduates promptly set up "Fort Dearborn Post No. 1," declared: "We will make the world safe for hypocrisy!"

From Time Magazine Archive

At the mention of Fort Dearborn, Raoul's face had gone expressionless.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert