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The True Story of the Deadly Encounter at Fort Dearborn

The True Story of the Deadly Encounter at Fort Dearborn

For nearly two centuries, the events that transpired in Chicago on August 15, 1812, had been known as the Fort Dearborn Massacre. With the dedication of a new park, the bloody encounter between 95...

Old Glory

Once a sumptuous playground for the city's elite, the South Shore Country Club has been reinvented as a community cultural center—but only after a long, hard battle saved this 100-year-old...