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Clair River in Eastern Michigan. Sometime in the late s DuSable married a Pottawatomie Indian woman, Kitihawa who was also called Catherine in a traditional Pottawatomie ceremony. The couple had a daughter, Susanne, and a son, Jean. The post became a major supply station for other traders in the Great Lakes region. The DuSable cabin was filled with fine furniture and paintings indicating that the family had become prosperous for the time and region and DuSable was described as a large man who was also a wealthy trader.

In their grand-daughter became the first child born in what would become Chicago. Charles, Missouri which at the time was part of French Louisiana. He was commissioned by the French governor in Missouri to operate a ferry across the Missouri River. DuSable, however never prospered as he did in what would become Chicago.

In he died almost penniless and was buried in a Catholic cemetery in St. Later Chicago would honor its first citizen. Transportation advocates are arguing that, at a minimum, two of the eight lanes should be converted to bus-only corridors. Some are saying we should go further by radically transforming the roadway into a four-lane surface boulevard with bus rapid transit and a new commuter bikeway, which would help fight climate change and reconnect the city with the lakefront.

Donate Contact About Us Newsletter. Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email print. Bust of DuSable near his namesake bridge at Michigan Avenue. Hopkins and Reilly. Each dot on the map represents one person. Image: John Greenfield and Dustin A. Photo: John Greenfield Moore told me that he thinks highlighting the fact that Chicago was founded by a Black person will give hope to local children and promote unity among adults.

A DuSable Drive advocate argued that the notion that changing the name of Lake Shore Drive to honor a Black man would hurt Chicago's brand is a "sad, racist argument. Bennett, Lerone. Negro who founded Chicago. Chicago, December Cook, Mercer. Lindberg, Richard C. Jean Baptiste Point Dusable. American National Biography.

New York: Oxford, Meehan, Thomas A. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the first Chicagoan. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. Springfield, Gates Jr. Rosier, Marc.