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The Enemy Within
In 1812, Chicago was not yet a city, just a fort, a trading post, and fewer than one hundred Americans pressed into Indigenous ground. When tension between John Kinzie and Jean La Lime erupted into violence, the settlement proved how little space it had for conflict. Continue reading
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The Narrowing
The story has reached a point where Chicago stops being a landscape and starts being people. Fort Dearborn in 1812 was small, small enough that every contract mattered, every loyalty showed, every disagreement carried weight. Before the fort burned, something else happened. Continue reading
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The Creative Quill 