User:JeremyA/sandbox/Fort Dearborn
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Not to be confused with the former Fort Dearborn, now Odiorne Point State Park in New Hampshire.
Fort Dearborn, named in honor of Henry Dearborn, was a United States fort built on the Chicago River in 1803 by troops under Captain John Whistler. The site of the fort is now a Chicago Landmark, part of the Michigan–Wacker Historic District in the City of Chicago, Illinois.