The Historian · Nora · Chicago
Michigan Avenue Bridge & Fort Dearborn Site
The city begins here, at the fort and the 1812 battle. Bronze markers in the sidewalk trace where the walls once stood.
The bridge marking the site of Fort Dearborn (1803) and the 1812 battle — Chicago's founding ground on the river.
— Nora, The Historian
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