Illinois Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Illinois Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 2: January, 1920Two years after Fort Dearborn had been abandoned as a gar rison, my father and mother1 came to Chicago to make it their home. The troops were withdrawn in 1837 from the Fort, but the building remained standing until 1856, at which time I was 13 years Old. The City Charter was two years Old at the time my parents arrived here and the population something over 4000. Some of our loop buildings today house about three times the population of Chicago at that time.It may be interesting to know that the boundaries of the little city then were Jackson Street on the South, Ohio Street on the North, Jefferson Street on the West, and the Lake on the East.Fear Of the Indian attacks kept the first traders to locate here close to the Fort. In case of danger a dash was made for safety Within the walls Of the Fort.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.