From the March 4th Chicago Tribune "Happy birthday, Chicago."
March 4th marked the 175th birthday of Chicago and the Chicago Tribune devoted a whole page to it, with pictures and one piece of history from every year.
Photos: Addams, Burnham, Armstrong, Halas, Capone, Muhammed, Hefner, Richard J. Daley, The Picasso, Jackson, Byrne, Washington, Winfrey, Terkel,Richard M. Daley, Jordan, T-rex Sue and Guillen.
Some of the years, well, a lot of them:
1837: Chicago becomes a city and elects William Ogden first mayor.
1838: Hundreds of mostly Irish workers digging on the I&M Canal die of disease.
1840: Chicago's population at 4,470.
1843: Roman Catholic Diocese of Chicago established.
1845: Chicago passes first "blue law" closing "tippling houses" on Sundays.
1847: The Chicago Tribune begins publishing.
1849: The I&M Canal opens as does the Chicago Board of Trade.
Much More to Come. --Cooter
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