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CHICAG O HISTORICAL S OCIETY
MODEL OF FIRST FORT DEARBORN, 1803
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• The first Fort Dearborn was built in 1803,
and was burned on August 15, 1812. At that
time, the Indians attacked and massacred a
number of men, women, and children in the
vicinity of Eighteenth Street and Calumet
Avenue.
