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John Kinzie (December 23, 1763 – June 6, 1828) was a fur trader from Quebec who first operated in Detroit and what became the Northwest Territory of the United States. A partner of William Burnett from Canada, about 1802-1803 Kinzie moved with his wife and child to Chicago, where they were among the first permanent white non-indigenous settlers.
Mar 17, 2003 · John H. Kinzie (July 7, 1803 – June 19, 1865), which took place on Wednesday afternoon, a few miles from Pittsburgh, on a train of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, on which he and his family were passengers.
Apr 11, 2016 · In The Silver Man: The Life and Times of John Kinzie, readers witness the dramatic changes that swept the Wisconsin frontier in the early and mid-1800s, through the life of Indian agent John Harris Kinzie.
- Peter Shrake
Jun 18, 2017 · John Kinzie was one of Chicago’s first settlers as well as the assailant in Chicago’s first documented slaying. He is buried in Graceland Cemetery in the Uptown neighborhood.
Jan 4, 2010 · Among other things, the book toppled John Kinzie from his perch as the city’s first settler; that honor, demonstrated Quaife, belonged to a black man, by then almost forgotten, named Jean ...
John Harris Kinzie (July 7, 1803 – June 19, 1865) was a prominent figure in Chicago politics during the 19th century. He served as the president of the Board of Trustees of Chicago when it was still a town and thrice unsuccessfully ran for Chicago's mayoralty once it was incorporated as a city.
Mar 17, 2003 · John Kinzie was the first permanent white resident of Chicago, the first man to establish permanent trade, and improvements, and to leave the impress of his enterprise and the marks of civilization on the first things from which Chicago has sprung.
