The Father Of The Chi...

Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable founded the settlement now known as Chicago, Ill, on this date in 1773. He was born in modern day Haiti to a French Pirate and a black slave. He is the first known non-native to set foot on the city we now know as "Chi-Town".

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