Old Fort Dearborn with surroundings in 1856 1

Title: Old Fort Dearborn with surroundings in 1856
Date Created/Published: Chicago : Rufus Blanchard, [ca. 1880]
Summary: Print shows a blockhouse at center with a lighthouse to the left, a large tree in the right foreground and a smaller building labeled 'Lake House' behind it. There are smokestacks and masts on a side-wheeler labeled 'The Traveler', possibly at dock, beyond the lighthouse, and a large building in the background.
Notes:
Title from item.
Accompanied by typeset description 'History of Fort Dearborn' written by Rufus Blanchard.
During the War of 1812 the United States government ordered the military to evacuate Fort Dearborn. On August 15, 1812, Captain Nathan Heald, who commanded the Fort, left with his troops for Fort Wayne. The entourage was ambushed by Native Americans and the Fort was burned to the ground. It was rebuilt in 1816.
Exchange; Chicago Historical Society; 1959 June.
Subjects:
Blockhouses--Illinois--Chicago--1850-1860.
Lighthouses--Illinois--Chicago--1850-1860.
Forts & fortifications--Illinois--Chicago--1850-1860.
Fort Dearborn Massacre, Chicago, Ill., 1812.
Fort Dearborn (Ill.)
United States--History--War of 1812.
Lithographs--Hand-colored--1870-1890.
Bookmark /2012645255/
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