File:Birds eye view of first Fort Dearborn.jpg

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English: Bird's-eye view of Fort Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois. 1—Main entrance of the fort; 2—location of the "sallyport", and underground passage running to the river; 3—gateway to the west; 4—blockhouse at the northwest corner of the fort; 5—blockhouse at the southeast corner of the fort; 6—officers' quarters; 7—barracks; 8—magazine.
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Source The Story of Old Fort Dearborn p. 27 ([1]) after a drawing of a model by Albert L. Van den Berghenin 1898 that appeared in the Chicago Daily Tribune on March 5, 1899. The model is now in the Chicago History Museum
Author J Seymour Currey
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(Reusing this file)		 Public domain due to date of publication (1912)
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