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The Albert Scharf Manuscript Map - Northern Cook County
Albert F.Scharf
Manuscript		 Albert F.Scharf
Map

Robinson Woods in ChicagoChicago Woodworth Praire Preserve in NilesNiles The Grove in GlenviewGlenview Bunker Hill Forest Preserve in NilesNiles
Robinson Woods
Forest Preserve		 Woodworth
Prairie Preserve		 The Grove
Kennicott Estate		 Bunker Hill
Forest Preserve


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ALEXANDER ROBINSON
Early settler, guide, and interpreter
Hero to victims of Fort Dearborn Massacre
Transported John Kinzie, Captain Helm, and their families to safety
Raised corn with Antoine Ouilmette at site of destroyed Fort Dearborn
Negotiator of several treaties with Indians
Married to Catherine Chevalier by John Kinzie
Became chief of the Potawatomie, Ojibwa, and Ottawa tribes
Helped bring to Chicago its first clergyman, Father John St. Cyr
Honored by the United States government with a land grant and lifelong annuity
CLAUDE LaFRAMBOIS

MAP OF ROBINSON & LAFRAMBOIS RESERVES - 1875 ALEXANDER ROBINSON ROBINSON FAMILY GRAVES - 1925 ROBINSON FAMILY GRAVES- 1925 DES PLAINES RIVER AT RIVER FOREST - 1907
Robinson &
LaFrambois
Reserves 1829		Alexander
Robinson		Robinson
Graves
1925		Robinson
Graves
1925		DesPlaines
River
1907
NORTH AVENUE BRIDGE - 1906 DES PLAINES RIVER - 1908 FISHING NEAR DES PLAINES - 1926 NEAR DES PLAINES - 1926 DAM - 1926
North Avenue
Bridge
Circa 1906		 Near
River Forest
1908		 Near
Des Plaines
1926		 Near
Des Plaines
1926		 Dam on
DesPlaines River
1926
ROBINSON WOODS - 2003 LOOKING NORTH FROM ABOUT CUMBERLAND AND LAWRENCE AVENUES - 1996 SCHARF MANUSCRIPT - LaFRAMBOIS RESERVE
Aerial View
Robinson Reserve
2003		 View north from
east border of
Robinson Reserve		 Scharf Manuscript
LaFrambois
1900
THATCHER WOODS near Elmwood Park and River Forest SCHARF MANUSCRIPT -KENNICOTT MOUNDS
Kennicott Mounds
Thatcher Woods
2003		 Scharf Manuscript
Kennicott Mounds
Thatcher Woods

JANE MIRANDA
VICTOIRE POTHIER
WILLIAM "BILLY" CALDWELL - CHIEF SAUGANASH

MAP OF CALDWELL RESERVE - 1875 MAP OF POTHIER & MIRANDA LAND GRANTS - 2003 THE TREATY ELM IN SAUGANASH TREATY ELM PLAQUE LOCATION OF THE TREATY ELM
Caldwell, Pothier,
& Miranda
Reserves 1829		 Caldwell, Pothier,
& Miranda
Reserves 2003		 Treaty Elm
Sauganash
Date Unknown		 Treaty Elm
Sauganash
2003		 Treaty Elm
Sauganash/Chicago
2003
NORTH BRANCH - 1904 NORTH BRANCH - 1904 NORTH BRANCH - 1904 CHICAGO RIVER AT IRVING PARK ROAD - 1927 FLORAL PIECE HONORING FORT DEARBORN DEFENDERS ENSIGN JOHN RONAN, SGT. DENNIS HAYES, AND WILLIAM CALDWELL
North Branch
Chicago River
1904		 North Branch
Chicago River
1904		 North Branch
Chicago River
1904		 North Branch
At Irving Park
1927		 Remembering
Billy Caldwell
1915

ARCHANGE OUILMETTE
ANTOINE OUILMETTE

GROSS POINT & WILMETTE - 1875 MAP OF WILMETTE - 2003 LAKE AND RIDGE - 1872
Gross Point
Wilmette
1875		 Ouilmette
Reserve
1829-2003		 Lake & Ridge
Wilmette
1872

Aerial Photo of Park Ridge Indian Mound Map of Maine Township, 1875 SCHARF MANUSCRIPT - PARK RIDGE Chicago Tribune INJUN SUMMER - 1912
Park Ridge
Indian Mound
 Maine Township
1875		 Scharf Manuscript
Park Ridge
1900		 Injun Summer
Chicago Tribune
1912







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