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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.
- First permanent European settler in Chicago
- Graceland Cemetery
- John H. Kinzie, Ellen Marion Kinzie, Maria Kinzie, Robert Allen Kinzie
Jun 23, 2015 · The senior Kinzie was a man of great influence among the Indians. He died in this city in 1823. In 1828 John H. Kinzie was appointed by Piesident Adams, Indian agent to the Winnebagoes, and was stationed at Fort Winnebago, now Portage City, Wisconsin. He was then twenty-fire years of age.
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 ...
Mar 17, 2003 · John Kinzie. Biographical Sketches of the Leading People of Chicago. Chicago Magazine, March, 1857. The author of Waubun, remarks as the naive saying of the Indians, “the first white man who settled here was a negro.”
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.
Jun 18, 2017 · News. National News. Did ‘bad blood’ on the American frontier lead to Chicago’s first murder? Colleen Connolly / Chicago Tribune and Chicago History Museum. John Kinzie was one of Chicago’s...
Apr 11, 2016 · Paperback. $14.95 9 Used from $4.72 4 New from $13.87. 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.
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- Peter Shrake
