Wolf Point
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In the 1770s, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable built his farm on the northern bank of the river near Wolf Point, the first non-Native American settlement of Chicago, and early in the next century Fort Dearborn was built on the southern bank of the river.
Fort Dearborn: wikimapia.org/#y=41888311&x=-87624507&z=19&l=0&m=h&v=2
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_River#History
Fort Dearborn: wikimapia.org/#y=41888311&x=-87624507&z=19&l=0&m=h&v=2
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_River#History
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Point,_Chicago
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Coordinates: 41°53'14"N 87°38'14"W
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