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ID: 7013780
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013780
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Fort Dearborn (historic site)  Fort Dearborn (historic site)

Note: Site of major battle with Amerindians in Westward expansion of the United States; was located on Chicago River near Lake Michigan; was destroyed in attack of August, 1812; another fort of the same name was built nearby, & Chicago grew up around it.

Names:
Fort Dearborn (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Illinois (state)  ............  Illinois (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Cook (county)  ................  Cook (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Fort Dearborn (historic site)  ....................  Fort Dearborn (historic site) (P)

Place Types:
historic site (preferred, C)  ............  fort built in 1804, destroyed in 1812
battlefield (H)  ............  in 1812

Sources and Contributors:
Fort Dearborn..........  [VP Preferred]
..........................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 302
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 302
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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