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Bookmark or Share- Fort Dearborn | Chicago, Illinois, War of 1812 | BritannicaFort Dearborn, blockhouse and stockade, built in 1803 because of Indian unrest, at a narrow bend in the Chicago River, northeastern Illinois, U.S., and named for Henry Dearborn, Revolutionary War hero.
- Fort Dearborn - American Battlefield TrustFort Dearborn was built in 1803 along the Chicago River on land now in Chicago, Illinois. It was named after Revolutionary War veteran and the U.S. Secretary of War Henry Dearborn, who commissioned the fort's construction.
- Fort Dearborn - Chicago Architecture CenterFort Dearborn was a wooden stockade built in 1803 on the south bank of the Chicago River. It was located at the mouth of the river, at the intersection of modern-day Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive. Bronze markers embedded in the sidewalk today mark where the walls of the fort once stood.
- Fort Dearborn - WikipediaFort Dearborn was a United States fort, first built in 1803 beside the Chicago River, in what is now Chicago, Illinois. It was constructed by U.S. troops under Captain John Whistler and named in honor of Henry Dearborn, then United States Secretary of War.
- Fort Dearborn – CPN Cultural Heritage Center - potawatomiheritage.comBuilt by Captain Joh Whistler in 1803 and named in honor of Secretary of War Henry Dearborn, Fort Dearborn was the most western American post in the Great Lakes Region. In 1812, it was the sight of the Battle of Fort Dearborn , a violent conflict that propelled the War of 1812 .
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