Fort Dearborn

noun

1. a former U.S. fort on the site of Chicago, 1803–37.

Example Sentences

Its herd of cattle even surpassed that at Fort Dearborn itself, and was a matter of no small pride to the Pottawatomie villagers.

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“It is a good omen,” said one of the women at Fort Dearborn, as she looked out over the shining water.

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But we return from our short digression to the little party in Fort Dearborn.

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Fort Dearborn—or Chicago—at that date had but one house, a fur-trading post.

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And then she remembered too, what had happened to Helene twenty years ago at Fort Dearborn.

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