Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ..What to see and how to see it . n Schiller Monument (see Lincoln Park). La Salle Monument (see Lincoln Park). Ottawa Indian Group (see Lincoln Park). The Abraham Lincoln Monument, by St. Gaudens, inLincoln Park. Inscription: 1809, Abraham Lincoln. gift of P^li Bates. With malice toward none, with charityfor all, with firmness in the r ght, as God gives us to see the right,let us strive on. Let us have faith that right makes might, andin that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we under-stand
Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ..What to see and how to see it . n Schiller Monument (see Lincoln Park). La Salle Monument (see Lincoln Park). Ottawa Indian Group (see Lincoln Park). The Abraham Lincoln Monument, by St. Gaudens, inLincoln Park. Inscription: 1809, Abraham Lincoln. gift of P^li Bates. With malice toward none, with charityfor all, with firmness in the r ght, as God gives us to see the right,let us strive on. Let us have faith that right makes might, andin that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we under-stand it. The Great Fire Inscription, 137 De Koven Street. On atablet on the house, The Great Fire of 1871 originated hereand extended to Lincoln Park. Chicago Historical Society, 1881. The Douglas Monument, over the body of Stephen The monument stands on the Lake Shore at Thirty- ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND MONUMENTS. 131 fifth Street, and was erected by the State of Ilhnois. Inscription;Stephen A. Douglas, born April 3, 1813. Died June 3, my children to obey the laws and uphold the Douglas Monument, Thirty-fifth Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. The Fort Dearborn Inscription on the warehouse of W. Company: Block Hou e of Fort Dearborn. This build-ing occupies the site of old Fort Dearborn, which extended a littleacross Michigan Avenue and somewhat into the river, as it nowis. The fort was built in 1803-04, forming our outmost defense. 132 HANDY GUIDE TO CHICAGO, By order of General Hull it was evacuated August 15, 1812, afterits stores and provisions had been distributed among the soon after, the Indians attacked and massacred about fifty ofthe troops and a number of citizens, including women and children,and the next day burned the fort. In 1815 it was rebuilt, butafter the Black Hawk War it went into gradual disuse, and inMay, 1837, was abandoned by the army, but was occupied by vari-ous Government officers till 1857, when it was
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