Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Map of Chicago 1830

 
Original - The original plat that led to Chicago becoming a municipality and eventually a city.
Reason
The filing of this 1830 map of Chicago is said to mark the beginning of the municipality of Chicago, which would incorporate as a city later that decade. To this day the original 58 blocks of this city are regarded as such, with the most famous being Block 37. Wolf Point, Chicago is block 14.
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108 North State Street
Wolf Point, Chicago
History of Chicago
Sauganash Hotel
Creator
James Thompson

Support Very historical Spongie555 (talk) 03:43, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Thompson Chicago plat 1830.jpg --Edge3 (talk) 21:57, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1884). "Chicago From 1816 To 1830". History of Chicago. Vol. 1. Nabu Press. p. 111. ISBN 1143913965. Retrieved 2010-07-15.