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As I develop this site, this will be my page for Chicago history & facts, as well as links to good Chicago pages. I've started with a few.
If you have suggestions for a good Chicago site, e-mail me: ltafxf@yahoo.com CHICAGO LINKS Chicago Public Library's Chicago Facts Old Chicago in Postcards Fabulous site which makes me wistful. A few historical errors, but that's because this amazing gentleman has never been to Chicago. . |
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Chicago information Chicago had 2,896,016 residents when the 2000 Census was taken.
It has 29 miles of shoreline and it is 578.5 feet above sea level.
It has 46 moveable bridges, though it once had 52. (Some aren't movable anymore.)
It was incorporated as a town in 1833, and became a city in 1837.
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