History of Chicago. From the earliest period to the present time, Part 177

Author: Andreas, Alfred Theodore
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago, A. T. Andreas
Number of Pages: 1340

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Tremont House built 635

1834-(January 4)-First Presbyterian church dedi- cated 30 1

(February 24)-First professional public en- tertainment. 472

(June 7)-Organization of Cook County Militia as the Sixtieth Regiment I. S. M. 272

'September 1)-Sunday law passed 203

(October)-First authorized town loan- First fire-First Episcopal religious serv- ice 142, 221, 334

(December 2)-" Chicago Lyceum " insti- tuted 522 Town limits extended; South Water and Lake streets graded; first drawbridge (Dear- born Street) 175-192-198 First vessel enters Chicago River; Chicago & Vincennes Railroad incorporated; Vigilance Committee appointed to see that health reg- ulations are complied with. 241-245-594 St. James' Episcopal Church organized; First Methodist church building erected-334-325 Death of Mrs. Eleanor (McKillip) Kinzie __ 97 First divorce suit and murder trial 421

First piano brought to Chicago 496 Establishment of first carriage-shop and first book-store 567-414 Great immigration from the East, and rise in Chicago real estate 133-134

1835-'February 12)-Second State Bank incor- porated 527

(May) - Opening of Government Land- Office at Chicago; great land craze ... 134-138 "June -Temporary Board of Health organ- izedl; failure to negotiate town loan of $2.000 for sanitary purposes 196-594

August 5 -First police Constable ( lected; municipal law passed prohibiting gaming- houses and the sale of liquor on Sunday_ 202-203 'October -First fire company formed " Pio- neer " hook and ladder 222

'November, -Volunteer Fire Department organized: court-house erected one story

and basement, corner Clark and Randolph Streets) 176-222 Cemetery located; town seal adopted .. 141-176 (December)-" Chicago Branch of Illinois State Bank " established; first musical or- ganization -527-496

Town organized for school purposes; school districts established: first building erected specifically for school purposes 207-208 First Swedenborgian services in Chicago; first term of the Sixth Circuit Court ___ 345-427 Last visit of Pottawatomies to receive their annuities; the Beaubien claim entered at Chicago Land-Office, and Fort Dearborn Reservation bought by J. B. Beaubien ___ 36-85 First foundry established; population of Chicago, 3,265 . 566-179 United States Land Office established 148 Ship building commenced 241 (June 8)-First issue of Chicago American (weekly) 366-372 (August 18)-Chicago Bible Society organ- ized 356

1836-Evacuation of Fort Dearborn as a military post. 84, 160 (January 1)-First carrier's address. 412

(January 16)-First Chicago Railroad char- tered 'Galena & Chicago Union) 245

(January 18)-Chicago Hydraulic Company incorporated; Illinois Central Railroad Com- pany incorporated 185-246 (May)-Arrival of Chicago's first Homoeo- pathic physician. 467 (June 11)-First Universalist Society organ- ized 343 (June 29)-First Unitarian Society organ- ized 343

(July 4)-Commencement of construction of canal at Bridgeport. 168

(July 9)-The Chicago American calls at- tention to a pond of water on Lake Street, corner of La Salle, "inhabited by frogs," and smelling disagreeably 192

(August 11)-First Odd Fellows lodge in Illinois organized 514

(September 14)-First circus 472

(October 11)-Chicago Commercial Adver- tiser established. 378

(October)-First meeting of Cook County Medical Society. 466

(November ;- Chicago Democrat passes into charge of John Wentworth 371 Troops permanently withdrawn from Fort Dearborn S4

" Archer Road " laid out from Chicago to Lockport; first house built from architectural designs; first flouring mill erected Gage & Lyman's) 504-564

"Saloon Building" erected; Canal, Lake, and Randolph streets turnpiked and bridged 192 Lake House completed 034

1837- January 3 -Mechanics Institute organized 518 (February 27)-Passage of Internal Im- provement Bill, making appropriations for railroads and canals-legislature legalizes the suspension of specie payments_ ____ 528-530 (March 2. - Rush Medical College incor- porated .. tot

March 4 -Chicago chartered as a city

1;6

643

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX.

Establishment of the Municipal Court .... 443 (March 31)-First city election ; six wards

established .177-178 (May)-First Theater License granted 473 (May 9)-First permanent Board of Health appointed . 594

(May 12)-First Board of School Inspec-

tors elected by City Council_

200

(June 1)-First issue of City Scrip

150

(June 25)-Dedication of (Old) St. James

Episcopal church

334

(July 1)-First City Census taken, popula- tion, 4,170 179

(October)-First Theater opened in Sauga- nash Hotel 474 (November)-Chicago and Vicinity Bible Society organized 3.57

Cook County attached to the Seventh Cir-

cuit

428

Chicago Post-Office first made a distributing point 150 First Pamphlet printed in Chicago 412

Chicago Marine & Fire Insurance Company

chartered

531

Manufacture of furniture begun

567

First sash, door and blind factory estab-

lished

567

Reward offered for runaway negro

604

Great financial panic.

183

1838-(February)-First steam fire engine.

227

(May 20)-License granted to Chicago

Theater .

477

(August 4)-Stephen A. Douglas's first speech in Chicago 602 "Canal Cholera " among laborers on Illinois & Michigan Canal 594

First Chicago steamer ("James Allen ") built 241

Discussion between Stephen A. Douglas and John T. Stewart in Saloon Building. 180 Drought, and business depression _ 150

First Methodist Church building moved from North to South Side_ 326

First invoice of wheat

exported

from

Chicago (78 bushels).

555

Manufacture of boots and shoes commenced by S. B. Collins 570

1839-(February 15)-Municipal Court abolished, and cases pending transferred to Circuit Court. 178

Fort

Dearborn

Addition surveyed

and

platted

160

(Fehruary 19)-Union Agricultural Society

incorporated.

378

(March) Management of school fund trans- ferred from County Commissioners to Com- mon Council. 200

'April 6 -Grand Masonic Lodge of Illi- nois formed 507 (April 9'-" Daily Chicago American " first issued -377-379 1 'July)-Regular steamboat line established between Chicago and Buffalo 241

(September 3 -Chicago Colonization So- ciety organized 608

(October 27)-First Tremont House burned 635 (October 2; - Tremont House burned .. 223

Bridge and ferry difficulties- June) Sale of Fort Dearborn addition-Great fire October 27-Thanksgiving Day first observed 150

. Disestablishment of the Municipal Court .. 444 First law book published. 412 Attempted impeachment of Judge Pear- son 444-445 First passenger on the Underground Rail- road to Chicago 605-606 Steamer " Illinois " built for Chicago by Oliver Newberry of Detroit 618 Rankin's brass foundry established (first). 567 Granger's iron foundry, the "Chicago Fur- nace " established . 567

Engraving commenced by S. D. Childs 414

First important shipments of grain and

Aour

555

Commencement of brewing

561

Dearborn-street bridge demolished

198

1840-(January 1)-Washingtonian Temperance Society instituted 518 (January 16)-First meeting of Chicago Anti-Slavery Society 608 (February 24)-Daily Chicago Democrat first issued .. 372

Re-organization of School System under City Charter-Permanent establishment of Public Free Schools 210 (April 4)-Weekly Tribune established 378

(April 7)-Chicago Bible Society organized as auxiliary to American Bible Society . . 357-523 (July 10)-First Cook County murderer hung in Chicago .. 273

First book compiled and printed in Chicago ("Scammon's Reports") 413

Clark-street bridge built. (Floating swing bridge) 199

(October)-City organized into four School Districts - 210 (December)-Uniformity of School text- books secured 2II John Stone tried for murder and executed. "Know-nothing " excitement. 151

1841-(February 6)-Young Men's (Library) As- sociation, of Chicago, organized-First Chi- cago Reading-room. 521 (February 27)-Office of City Marshal cre- ated 179

(May 3)-First Unitarian church building

dedicated

344

Wells-street bridge constructed

199

Great temperance revival

152

Cook County first supplied with Bibles by

Chicago Bible Society

357

1842-(January 6)-The Better Covenant (now The Universalist) established 384 'March - Trinity Episcopal Church estab- lished 336

(May 27)-Abolitionist State Convention at Chicago. (First State Convention in the city 608

June 1,-Organization of Second Presbyte- rian Church. 305

July ro -Chicago Bethel, or Mariner's Temperance Society, organized 518

'July -First Propeller built on Lake Mich- igan, launched from Averell's Shipyard, (North Side' 242

First shipment of wool

556

Exports of Chicago for the first time more than the imports 557

" Hydraulic Mills " built by James Long .. 564

644

HISTORY OF CHICAGO.

Washingtonian Society organized-Federal Bankrupt Law passed-Martin Van Buren visits Chicago 152

Religious work commenced among the Sea- men-Bethel erected 354

Washington Guards, Montgomery Guards, and Chicago Cavalry organized 275-276 The Western Citizen first issued 383 Vocal music introduced in schools 211 (November 14)-Negro sold at auction on Clark Street . 605

1842-43-Foreign loan of $1,600,000 negotiated to prosecute work on Canal-Work com-

menced on Canal on "shallow cut " plan .. 170 1843-(March 11)-Junior Washingtonian Tem- perance Society organized. 518

(March)-City Hospital burned. 594

(March 25)-Chicago Society of the New Jerusalem organized. September 7, incor- porated .. 346

First book compiled, printed, bound and issued in Chicago (Directory for 1844) 413

First Eastern Express. 263

First celebration of St. Patrick's Day-Great spring snow storms 152 Chicago Branch of State Bank discontinued 531 Illegal banking established in Illinois_ _ 532, 533 Immigration of Jewish colony to Cook County 348 (August 14)-Tabernacle Baptist Church organized 319 Canal-street Methodist Episcopal Church

. organized 327 St. Paul's Evangelical United Church or- ganized 35 1 (September 25)-Young Men's Lyceum or- ganized _ 522 (October 2)-First Chicago Masonic Lodge

(Lafayette Lodge, No. 18) chartered 507 Mechanics' Institute chartered as a corpora- tion 518

Plan first conceived of pumping water from the Chicago into the Desplaines .170-171 Organization of German Evangelical Asso- ciation 334 Chicago Hide & Leather Company formed,

William S. Gurnee, president .. 565 (December 25)-(New) St. Mary's Church opened 290

1844-(February 28)-First Odd Fellows lodge

established (Union, No. 9). 314 (April)-First medical journal issued-(Illi- nois Medical and Surgical Journal). 384 (April 22)-Establishment of Chicago Daily Journal 377 (May 20)-First issue of Gem of the Prairie (merged in the Chicago Tribune in 1852) 389-401 (June 3)-University of St. Mary's of the Lake established 298

(August 9 -Severe storm and ternado. Bank building and residence of E. H. Hlad- duck struck by lightning-Schooner " Dan- iel Whitney " lost on Lake Michigan, with all on board

(August 20 -Independent Order of Recha- bites instituted 518 (November 4 -Severe wind-storm-Walls of First Baptist Church, then in process of erection, demolished. 153

First homeopathic pharmacy established .. 470 Meat first packed for English market 562 The first "impartial historian " 502 First edition of Mrs. Juliette Kinzie's "Mas- sacre at Chicago" published 413

La Fayette Chapter (first Masonic) insti- tuted 513

Seamen's Society organized 354

1845-(February)-Creation of County Court

446

First

Odd Fellow's Encampment estab

lished

516

Dearborn School Building (First perma- nent public school building, erected on Mad- ison Street opposite MIclicker's Theater ___ 211 (May 15)-First Chicago Commandery (Apollo, No. 1) granted a dispensation .. .. (September 23)-Reformed Presbyterian Church organized 513 312

(November 26)-First issue of Chicago newspaper printed in foreign language, Chicago Volksfreund 389

First chair manufactory established 570 Large immigration of Jews to Chicago 348 Publication of first book of poems 501 (November 8)-Independent Order of Sons First Annual Fair of Mechanic's Institute 519 of Temperance instituted 518

1846-(January)-St. Andrews Society organized. 523 (March 20)-Special tax for street improve- ments first levied 154 (April 9)-Establishment of the Western Herald (afterward Congregational Herald). 395 (May 11)-War declared against Mexico- (May 20) -- Governor Thomas Ford issues proclamation calling for thirty companies of Illinois volunteers to serve twelve months- (May)-Captains Lyman Mower and Elisha Wells raise Chicago companies which are attached to First Illinois Regiment. Cap- tain C. C. Sibley enlists company of regu- lars in Chicago 79, 280

(July 16)-Chicago made port of entry .... 244 (July)-River and Harbor Convention 236, 237 (September)-Sisters of Mercy commence work in Chicago-1847-Convent of Sisters incorporated 299

(October 8)-State School Convention at Chicago 212 City first supplied with Bibles by Bible So- ciety 358 Organization of St. Paul's German Lutheran Church 348 Church of the Holy Name established 297

St. Patrick's Church-St. Peter's German) -St. Joseph's (German, established .. 294, 295 North Side made a Catholic parish under charge of priests of College of St. Mary's .. 297 New England Society organized . 522

"Athens Quarries " discovered 570

Establishment of first stove foundry (Phoe- nix Foundry) 567

1847-(February 16'-City divided into nine wards, one alderman to be elected annually from each, and hold office two years .. 179

(February 27 -Act passed adjusting wharf- ing privileges 239

(March)-$2,600 in money, besides supplies contributed toward sufferers by famine in Ireland 154

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645

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX.

(March)-$3,500 appropriated by Govern- ment for Chicago light-house. 2.42 (March 30)-County Hospital opened in

" Tippecanoe Hall" 594 (April 3)-Victory of Buena Vista cele- brated 154

(April 27)-St. George Society organized .. 523 (May)-" Scammon School " building erect- ed on West Madison Street, near Halsted. 212 (May)-"Chicago Horse Company" raised for Mexican War-Attached to Fifth Regi- ment as infantry 281, 282

(June 28)-Opening of Rice's first theater .. (July 1, -- Organization of 'Third Presbyterian Church 306

484

(July 10)-First issue of the Chicago Tribune 401 (July 22-23 -Quinn Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church organized. 333

(August 10 -First number of Watchman of the Prairie issued (afterward Christian Times, Baptist and Anti-Slavery) 402

(August 15 .- First German Methodist Epis- copal Church organized 331

(August-Weekly steamboat communica- tion established with Sault Ste. Marie 242

(November -Chicago Hussars and Chicago

Artillery Company organized

279-285

(November 14,-Indiana-street Methodist

Episcopal church dedicated

328

(November 15)-St. Peter's Society organ-

ized

523

Wells, Madison and Randolph-street bridges completed 199

Ferries established 202

Oats first exported. 556

Insane Asylum erected.

597

First Odd Fellow's funeral

515

(December`-First Law School opened 447

McCormick Reaper manufactory established 569

1847-48-Fifth Illinois Regiment in Santa Fé. 283 1848-January ;- " Market Building" (First City building; erected 180

(January 15)-First telegram received in Chicago (from Milwaukee) 263 Chicago Democrats first divided on free- soil question 154

(February 14 -First Norwegian Evangeli- cal Lutheran Church organized 349

(March 1)-Contract let for building first thirty-two miles of Galena & Chicago Union Railroad 248

(March 13)-Formation of Chicago Board of Trade 581, 582 (April 10)-The "General Fry" (first boat) passes over Illinois & Michigan Canal. 155, 171 (April 16)-Formal opening of Illinois & Michigan Canal. 171 (April, - Illinois Staats Zeitung estab- lished . 389 (May) - Southwestern Plank Road com- menced. 197

(May 28 -First services in North Presby- terian church 310

June 27 -Chicago first in direct communi- cation with the Atlantic Ocean 155 (July`-First United States Court opened .. 448 October 18 -Fifth Illinois Regiment mus- tered out of service at Alton 283

fOctober -Northwestern Journal of Hom- eopathy first issued 402

Clark Street numbered from South Water to Randolph 192 Appropriation by Congress for erection of Chicago Marine Hospital 2.42 Chicago has her first ten miles of railroad __ The " Pioneer" (first locomotive) placed on Galena & Chicago Railroad, to run from Chicago to the Desplaines 249

262

First car and locomotive shop established. (Now " Scoville Iron Works") 568

First telegraph office

263

First Jewish religious congregation 348

Cholera epidemic 595 First cattle yards-(near intersection of West Madison Street and Ashland Avenue). 563 School first opened at Bridgeport. 213 Hibernian Benevolent Society organized. 533 (December 18)-Excelsior Society organ- ized 523 American Odd Fellow (first organ of secret societies) started 402

Small-pox epidemic in vicinity of Chicago -- First gratuitous vaccination 594

1849-(February 1)-Galena & Chicago Union Railroad opened to Elgin_

(March 5)-St. Ansgarius Swedish and Nor- wegian Church organized 338

(March 12)-Great flood

200-201

(March)-Clark-street bridge carried away

by ice jam

199

(March 29)-First Chicago parties emigrate to California 155.

(April)-Mayor's Court instituted 448 (May)-Chicago Temperance Savings Asso- ciation organized 518

(July 21)-Great fire, Tremont

House

burned the second time_

155, 635

(August 1)-Thirty deaths from cholera

. ..

595 (August 16)-Catholic Orphan Asylum estab- lished _ 299

First Jewish Synagogue (South Clark Street) opened 348 Methodist Protestant Church organized. 333 Chicago German Odd Ball organized 285 Banking exchanges with California inaug- urated 536

Bank panic

535

(October)-" of Common Pleas" added to title of "Cook County Court ". 448

(October)-Northern Indiana & Chicago Railroad Company consolidated with North- ern Indiana .. 260

Tobacco first manufactured 570

IS49-50-" Northwestern Plank Road constructed_ 197

Principal streets of city planked. 192

1850- January 16)-" Sons of Penn" organized. 523 March IS -Church of the Atonement Episcopal established 337

July 30 -Appearance of first opera 499 Burning of Rice's theater. 489

"July)-Methodist Calvinistic Church organ- ized. 330

(September 4)-City first lighted with gas. 155 September 18 ;- Passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill. 608 General numbering of streets 192

'September 20'-2.595.000 acres of land along the route of Illinois Central Railroad granted to Illinois 253

646

HISTORY OF CHICAGO.

(October)-Illinois Central Railroad Com- pany obtain possession of unoccupied por- tion of Fort Dearborn Reservation in con- sideration of $45,000 paid to Government. 255 (October 22)-Mass-meeting held condemn- ing the Fugitive Slave Bill, and defying its enforcement in Chicago 608

(October 24)-Great Speech of Stephen A. Douglas at Chicago. 608-609 (October 26)-Organization of the Printers' Union 415

(October 29)-" Illinois General Hospital of the Lake " opened in the old Lake House 597 St. Louis' Church : French Catholic) estab- lished . 296

Christian Church organized 35 1 Chicago Medical Society formed. 466

Night school opened at Mechanics' Insti-

tute 520 Teachers' Association formed 213 Elgin and Genoa Plank Road organized. 197

1850-51-Western Plank Road organized 197

United States Marine Hospital erected 598 1851- January)-Rice's second theater complet- ed 490

(February 10)-Grant of land by State to Illinois Central Railroad Company. 255

(February 11)-Scotch Temperance Society

formed

518

(February 14) -- Legislature creates a " Chi- cago Board of Health "-House of Refuge established

Office of City Collector established 182

(February 15)-Chicago City Hydraulic Company incorporated 186-187, 596

Board of Water Commissioners created 179 Legal Banking established 537

(February 17)-Act of 1836, incorporating

Illinois Central Railroad Company repealed 252 February, -Illinois Central Railroad Com-

pany incorporated by Act of State Legisla- ture 253

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company organized 259

Police Court established 449

(May 20)-Grace Episcopal Church organ- ized 337

May 22)-First Congregational Church

organized 339 (June 7 -Trial of first fugitive slave case. 450

(June 26,-Tabernacle Baptist church build- ing destroyed by fire 330

(August 24 -State-street Methodist Epis- copal Church organized 339 September -Corner Stone of County and City Court House laid 180-181

Communion service presented to Saint Ans- garius Church by Jenny Lind 338

Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad Company chartered 257

First mortuary record published 594 Bridewell opened. 204

Soap factory of Charles Cleaver located at "Cleaverville." now Oakland 565

1852-' January -Sangamon Washington' School opened 213 Franklin School opened_ 213

January 13 -First bank in Chicago organ-

ized under State General Banking Law Marine Bank, j. Y. Scammon 537

(January)-Galena & Chicago Union and the Aurora Branch Railroad commence joint business 257

(February 7)-Western Tablet (Catholic lit- erary periodical) established 407 (February 20)-Michigan Southern Railroad completed to Chicago first Eastern trunk line 259

(February 20)-First through train from the east, via Michigan Southern Railroad entered Chicago 156 (March)-Inauguration of construction of Illinois Central Railroad 253-354 (May 21)-Michigan Central Railroad Com- pleted to Chicago. 261

(May 21)-First

train over

Michigan Central

Railroad enters

Chi-

cago _.

156, 261

(June`-" Chicago Typographical Union chartered 415 " Mercy Hospital " incorporated. 598

City Council pass ordinance allowing Illinois Central to lay tracks parallel with Lake Shore_ 255

(September)-Illinois Central Railroad Com- pany commence work on Lake Shore Break- water 255

(September 16)-Daily Democratic Press established 407

(October 14)-Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company organized 261 Chicago & Mississippi Railroad Company chartered 259

(October)-Van Buren-street German Meth- odist Episcopal Church organized. 331 (November)-Spiritualistic Society formed. 353 (December 1)-Plymouth Congregational Church organized. 341

" Union Car Works" built-American Car Works completed 568

" Athens Marble" first used for facing build- ings 570

Owen-street Methodist

Episcopal Church

organized

330

Maxwell-street German

Methodist Episco-

pal Church organized 332

Saint Michael's Church established

295

1852-53-Conflict between legal and illegal banking 539 1853-'January 1 -First number of Christian Banker issued. 541

(January 5,-Establishment of Northwest- ern Christian Advocate 408 January, -Swedish Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church organized 350

February 3)-Tabernacle Baptist Church (West Side) dedicated_ 331

February 11 -Canal-street Methodist

Church organized as " Jefferson-street Methodist ". 337

February 12 -Legislative act passed pre- venting immigration of free negroes into Illinois . 604

February 22 -Dedication of first Odd -

Fellows Hall

516

February -Recorder's court established .. 45 3

March -Daily steamboat communication established with Milwaukee .. 243

March -Jackson Guards organized .. 285

April 25 -Salem Baptist Church organized 333

647

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX.

(April 25)-Passenger trains on Michigan Southern & Michigan Central collide at Grand Crossing, near city-Eighteen killed and many wounded 157

(May)-First conviction of a counterfeiter

in the U. S. Court

451

(June 15)-New England Congregationalist

Church organized

342

(July)-Westminster

Presbyterian

Church

organized

309

(September 5)-Attempt to assassinate Allen

Pinkerton on Clark Street.

157

(November)-Office of Superintendent of

Schools created

214

(November 20) - South Congregational Church organized 341 (December 19)-Trial of George W. Green, Chicago banker, for murder of his wife .... 157

Northwestern University located at Chicago 219 Chicago Evangelist first issued (merged into the New York Evangelist in 1855) 407

Garden City Institute established 220

First Congregational church building de-

stroyed by fire

340

First Swedish Church organized 324

First Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church

organized

332

Zoar Baptist Church organized 323 Church of St. Francis D'Assissium organized 297 Lithographic house established 415

1853-54-First distilleries

561

1854-(February 22)-" Chicago Light Guards

organized

285

(February)-Act passed to enable Chicago

to borrow $100,000 for use of water works. IS2 Second system of water works inaugurated. 188 (April 25)-" National Guards " organized. 285 (April 27)-Severe storm on lake-Seven vessels wrecked near Chicago. 243

(May 15)-" Emmet Guards " organized. 285

(September 1)-Stephen A. Douglas pre- vented from speaking in Chicago by a mob. 610-611

Deaths from cholera 1.424

154

(September 29 -Washington Independent

Regiment organized

286

Establishment of Staats Zeitung threat- ened by a mob, on account of hostility of the paper to Nebraska bill 390

Cholera epidemic.

597

St. James' Hospital incorporated 598 First homeopathic hospital established 470

Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad originated 257

" Joliet & Chicago Railroad Company chartered 259 Locomotive manufactory established (Pur- chased by Galena & Chicago Railroad Co) .. 568

· Dearborn Seminary established . 220

" Furst & Bradley Manufacturing Com- pany" established 569

" Chicago Woodenware Manufactory " estab- lished only establishment then in the West, and largest in the United States) 570 Manufacture of musical instruments com- menced 570

Two fouring mills in Chicago, "Chicago Mills " and " Adams Mills " 564

First Republican majority in Chicago

603

(November 25, -Shields' Guards organized 285

(December 19)-South Presbyterian Church organized 311

1855-(January)-Hahnemann College chartered, 471 (January 25 to February 7)-Embargo of railroad traffic on account of snowstorm __ 157 (February 1)-"William Tell Guards " or- ganized . 286

(February 14)-Board of Sewerage Com- missioners incorporated 179 (February 15)-Chicago Theological Sem- inary chartered 356

(March)-" Beer Riot"

614-616

Railroad connection established between Chicago and Burlington, Iowa. 258

(April 25)-Northern Indiana & Michigan Southern railroad companies consolidated. 260 (April 18)-Grand Lodge of I. O. of G. T. instituted 518

(May 3)-"Chicago Guards of Liberty " or- ganized. 286 (June 18)-Trial of Beer Rioters 453 (June 23)-Office of Superintendent of Schools erected 179 (December 28) -- Main line of Illinois Cen- tral Railroad completed 255

Police Department created-Three precincts designated_ 203 First Masonic Council in Chicago chartered_ 513 Three flouring mills in Chicago 564 First type foundry established 523 570 Chicago Phrenological Society organized .. Consolidation of companies forming the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company . 258 Consolidation of Illinois & Wisconsin and Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac railroads, - under latter name 257

Land Department of Illinois Central Rail- road organized. 256 (August 10)-" Highland Guards" organi- ized 286

(September)-Severe storms-Brig "Tus- carora " wrecked on the 18th, just outside the the harbor-" Seneca " (steam tug) explodes October 16, in river, while passing the Ran- dolph-street bridge. 243

Enforcement of Sunday law attempted. 157

(October 22)-Old Settlers' Society organ- ized 158

(October)-Schooner "Mark H. Sibley " and barque "Pathfinder " sunk in Chicago outer harbor 243

(November)-North's National Amphithe -- ater finished _ 494

(December)-Moseley public school fund established. 215

Surveys for sewerage system 192

Plan of draining city into the river, and thence into lake adopted 191

1856-(February)-First Editorial Convention in Illinois 390 (February 22)-St. John's Episcopal Church organized .. 337 (March 19)-National Guards Cadets organ- ized. 285

(April 8)-Edina Place Baptist Church or- ganized. 321 (April 24)-Chicago Historical Society or- ganized .. 523

(April)-Chicago Dragoons organized.

286

648

HISTORY OF CHICAGO.

May)-First steam-tugs

158

(May 31)-Kansas Meeting in Court-house

Square, addressed by James H. Lane ._ 611-612 (May)-Propeller " Bay State " sunk in Chi- cago harbor_ 243

(June 1)-First suburban trains-Chicago and Hyde Park .. 255

(July)-First direct clearance made from

Lake Michigan for Europe 243

(September 19)-Lake House ferry-boat cap-

sized and ten drowned 2C 2

(October 8)-Chicago High School opened

218-219

(October) - Brigs

"A. R. Cobb" and

" Happy Go Lucky " wrecked outside the harbor, and other vessels disabled .. 243

(November 12)-Union Park Baptist Church

organized

322

(November 28)-First

wooden pavement

laid on Wells Street

158

(December 2)-Severe storm-Crew of the

"Charles Howard "

rescued by Chicago

volunteers_

158

(December 7)-Olivet Presbyterian Church

organized

315

(December 14)-Berean Baptist Church or-

ganized

334

(December) - Rounds'

Printer's Cabinet

issued (the first monthly typographical journal in the United States) ..

(December)-Schooners "N. C. Walton '

and "Charles Howard " wrecked in Chicago

harbor

243

Garrett Biblical Institute established

354

First train run into new depot of Illinois Central on Lake Shore 255

First sewers laid 192

" Ogden " and " Moseley " schools estab-

lished

216

Madison-street

bridge built at city

ex-

pense (first)

202

Rush-street iron bridge built 202

" German Chicago Artillery," "Washington Grenadiers," and "Washington Rifles" or- ganized 286

Six flouring mills in Chicago 564 Great financial panic .159, 572, 573 Merchant's Saving & Trust Company or- ganized 'Only financial institution organized prior to 1858 now /1884) existing in Chi- cago) 549

1857-(February 18)-City charter revised-Ap- pointive power transferred from Council to

Mayor-Treasury department established with City Comptroller at head-Police Court created-Board of Education re-organized. 179 (February 8)-Great freshet.

(March 3)-Riot at the polls

(April 1)-Severe gale-Six vessels wrecked in vicinity of Chicago, fifteen seamen lost __ (April 20)-" Dens on the Sands" broken up by a mob. 158

(April 1)-Chicago Record (First Chicago Episcopal journal) established .. 4II (April)-Church of the Holy Communion established 337

Church of the Ascension organized. 337 (May 4)-High grade established on South. Side . 159

(June 19)-William Jackson executed on Reuben Street (now Ashland Avenue) 159 (May 7) St. Paul's (Universalist) Church dedicated 343

(June)-Permanent City Hospital erected .. 596 (July 13)-Wabash-avenue Methodist Epis- copal church commenced 329

(July 26)-Desplaines-street Methodist Epis- copal church dedicated. 329

(July) -- First Nicholson pavement laid 194

(September)-German Medical Society or- ganized 467

(October 19)-Great fire in Chicago 220

(December,-New

St. James' Episcopal

Church opened

335

Brown and Foster school buildings erected -First steam-heating of school building ... 216 (July)-Iron mills Ward's) established on North Branch_ 569

Capital invested in iron works, car manu-

factures, etc., $1,700,000 569

Nine flouring mills in Chicago. 564

Street grade raised. 193

Village of Cleaverville laid out 565

St. Louis, Alton & Chicago Railroad Com- pany organized 259

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History of Chicago. From the earliest period to the present time, Part 177

Author: Andreas, Alfred Theodore Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago, A. T. Andreas Number of Pages: 1340

Author: Andreas, Alfred Theodore
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago, A. T. Andreas
Number of Pages: 1340