Who first settled in Chicago?

Answer 1

Before the city proper was established, Potowotami Indians lived nearby, based in present-day Ottawa, IL. It was this group that lead 17th Century explorers Joliet and Lafayette (actually a missionary) to the mouth of the Chicago River. This was 1673. It wasn't until over a hundred years later that Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable established a permanent trading post near the mouth of the river. He was set up near where the Tribune Tower now stands on Michigan Avenue. The City of Chicago has actually put markers notifying those who are interested where this- and other- sites are. JB du Sable arrived sometime in the 1770's, as most establish the arrival year of 1779. It is widely held, however, that du Sable had already constructed a trading post, a school, market - indeed a whole community - by that time.
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable is considered to be Chicago's founder.

Answer 2

In 1673, Father Jacques Marquette, French-born missionary of the Jesuit order, and Louis Jolliet, Canadian explorer and mapmaker, were the first Europeans to view the land on which the City of Chicago was to stand. The Chicago area was traveled by traders and explorers for some years after 1673. Late in the century two Indian villages were settled at Chicago and in 1696 Father Francois Pinet, a Jesuit missionary, founded the Mission of the Guardian Angel. The mission was abandoned in 1700 when missionary efforts proved fruitless. Little is known about the Chicago area from 1700 until about 1779 when the pioneer settler of Chicago, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an African American from Sainte-Domingue (Haiti), built the first permanent settlement at the mouth of the river just east of the present Michigan Avenue Bridge on the north bank. Ft. Dearborn was built in 1803. (You should go to the Michigan Ave. bridge area and see the various plaques that commemorate these people.) After that, men like Kinzie, Hubbard, etc. came and helped start Chicago on its way. See the following for Chicago timelines: http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/chihist.html http://chicago.about.com/cs/history/a/hicago_timeline.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215480/timeline.htm The Potawatomi.

Answer 3

Chicago, being a city, wasn't discovered, it was created.

Although various Native American groups lived in the area that became Chicago for hundreds, maybe thousands of years before European settlement, the first non-native permanent settler in Chicago was Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, a Haitian of African and French descent, who settled on the Chicago River in the 1770s. He didn't found Chicago, but his settlement was the first non-Native one to stick. Chicago was officially a town in 1833 with 350 residents, and was granted city status in 1837. Sixty years later it had a population of over 1 million.

Answer 4

The first non-native settler was Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable in 1779.

Answer 5

Jean babtiest point dusable (i know its right just dont now if I spelled all of it right)

Answer 6

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable in or about 1790.

Answer 7

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable.