8  Amazing Facts About Chicago city

8 Amazing Facts About Chicago city

Once its population surpassed 4,000, Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1833 and then as a city in 1837.

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Jean Baptiste du Sable from Haiti, a merchant and trapper, became the city’s first permanent settler in 1779

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The Grant Park, which was built in the 19th century, was expanded in 1871

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Chicago is often called the United States of America's railroad capital since it has over 1,300 trains

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There was a Great Removal Project undertaken in Chicago in the 1850s.

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The Chicago River, which is about 156 miles long, actually flows backwards and empties into the Mississippi River

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Tacoma Building, one of the first skyscrapers to be constructed, was built in Chicago in 1889 and was 13 storeys tall

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Chicago is home to the second tallest building in the Western Hemisphere which happens to be Willis Tower.

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