Chicago Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
About Chicago
Chicagotourist information. Chicago was known as a fine place to find a wild onion if you were a member of the Potawatomi tribe, who lived in this area ofIllinoisbefore European settlers arrived. It was mostly swamps, prairie and mud long past the original settlement by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable in 1779, the establishment of Fort Dearborn in 1803 and incorporation as a town in 1833. It could be argued that nature never intended for there to be a city here; brutal winters aside, it took civil engineering projects of unprecedented scale to establish working sewers, reverse the flow of the river to keep it out of the city's drinking supply, and stop buildings from sinking back into the swamps — and that was just the first three decades. Chicago became a waypoint between the Great Lakes and
Top Attractions in Chicago
Explore the best things to see and do in Chicago:
- ★Chicago State Cougars
- ★DePaul Blue Demons
- ★Loyola Ramblers
- ★Northwestern Wildcats
- ★UIC Flames
Chicago Travel Guide Sections
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