[Gutenberg 52346] • The Story of Old Fort Dearborn

Excerpt from The Story of Old Fort Dearborn

In the course of its history Chicago has existed under three flags; first, under the domination of the French kings, from the pe riod of its discovery to the year 1763, when, after the French and Indian War, it passed into the possession of the English. As Brit ish territory it remained until the close of the Revolutionary War, when the Western Terri tories were ceded by the English to the Ameri cans at the treaty of peace concluded in 1783; and thus the region in which Chicago is situ ated finally came under the Stars and Stripes.

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