Delaware

However, a band of the Nanticoke tribe of Indians still remains in Sussex County. </gallery>. Delaware is also the name of a Native American group (called in their own name Lenni Lenape) that was very influential in the dawning days of the United States.
. The Delaware River is a major river in the eastern United States, rising in New York State, forming the boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and emptying into Delaware Bay, which separates New Jersey from the state of Delaware.
. The USS Delaware was named in honor of this state.
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Delaware's only two professional sports teams are the Wilmington Blue Rocks minor league baseball team, a Class A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, and the Delaware Griffins, part of the Women's Professional Football League. When creating references please refer to the Wikipedia Cite Sources guidelines. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Syngenta, AstraZeneca, Hercules), banking (MBNA America, Wilmington Trust Company, First USA / Bank One, JPMorgan Chase, AIG, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank), manufacturing (General Motors, Chrysler), and farming, specifically chicken farming in Sussex County (Perdue, Mountaire Farms).
. Its largest employers are concentrated in science (E.I.
. Delaware's economy generally outperforms the national economy of the United States. Related topics.

Its industrial outputs include chemical products, processed foods, paper products, rubber and plastic products. Museums. Delaware's agricultural output consists of poultry, nursery stock, soybeans, dairy products and corn. Related topics. The per capita personal income was $34,199, ranking 9^th in the nation. and international transportation hub by working to expand O'Hare International Airport. Additionally, a new airport has been proposed for Peotone, Illinois, and the city is working toward expanding its ties with the Gary/Chicago International Airport in Gary, Indiana. The gross state product of Delaware in 2003 was $49 billion. In the 21st century, Chicago is working toward maintaining its status as a U.S.

Ranked by per capita income. The land is to be converted into a lakeside park. However, because of its proximity, it acts as both a job hub and suburb with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Daley in a nighttime coup, was a relatively small airstrip but unique because of its proximity to Chicago's downtown, and as an airstrip for private planes it was one of the busiest in the world. Wilmington is a separate developed city in northern Delaware. Meigs Field, which was closed by Mayor Richard M. the middle portion is the transition to the upper portion of the state, which has a warm continental climate and receives occasional winter snowfall. In the 20th century, Chicago held on to its status as a transportation hub with the building of three airports: O'Hare International Airport, Midway Airport, and Meigs Field.

The southern third of the state has a mild subtropical climate, with hot, humid summers and mild winters. All of the Class I railroads in existence in the United States maintain (often multiple) terminals in and around Chicago, and the city is served by a large number of smaller railroads that both interconnect the larger railroads and connect to locations not served by the larger railroads. Since the great majority of Delaware is a part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the climate is moderated by the effects of the ocean. Chicago is still the railroad hub of the United States. The only harbors of consequence are Wilmington, Lewes, and New Castle. This network allowed Chicago to become the center of the meat packing industry. Martin's Bay. By 1856, Chicago was the railroad hub of America and by the end of the decade more than 100 trains were coming and going each day.

The largest of these are Rehoboth Bay, Indian River Bay, and a portion of St. In the 1850s the railroads started growing from Chicago faster than anywhere else in the world. The coast of Delaware Bay is marshy; the Atlantic coast has many sand beaches, inclosing shallow lagoons. Even today Chicago's importance in global distribution remains as it is the third largest inter-modal port in the world after Hong Kong and Singapore. The Chritiana is navigable for large ships as far as Wilmington. Chicago then became one of the largest grain and lumber ports in the world, with grain going to more established populations and lumber being sent to the forest-starved prairies where new settlers needed to build. The principal streams are the Christina and the Brandywine rivers. Louis, and south to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.

A ridge about 70 feet in altitude extends along the western boundary of the state and is the watershed for the affluents of the Delaware in the east and of several streams falling into Chesapeake Bay. The Illinois and Michigan Canal, completed in 1848, allowed for transport around the world with connecting waterways through Chicago all the way to New York and the Atlantic, west to St. The northern part is hilly, with a rolling surface, but below New Castle the ground is flat and sandy and in some parts swampy. Much of this status stems from its geographic proximity during a time when the United States was growing quickly in population and area. Delaware lies on a level plain, the highest elevation being less than 442 feet above the sea. Chicago can be considered one of the prime transportation hubs in America. The northern part of the state is served by network stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the southern part by network stations in Salisbury, Maryland. Related topics.

Philadelphia station, Channel 6 WPVI also maintains a bureau in downtown Wilmington. [2] (http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcam/aboutcom.html/). There are no network broadcast-television stations in Delaware, although a public-television station from Philadelphia, WHYY, maintains a studio and broadcasting facility in Wilmington. The University of Illinois at Chicago claims to be the largest medical school in the United States (1300 students, including those at campuses in Peoria, Rockford and Urbana-Champaign). In addition to its other responsibilities, Dover AFB serves as the entry point and morgue for American military persons (and some U.S. government civilians) who die overseas. It is also home to the sprawling Illinois Medical District on the Near West Side as well as the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the American Dental Association, and the American College of Surgeons. Air Force base outside Dover is one of the largest in the U.S. The city is first among the major dental and medical training centers in the United States.

The U.S. The United States has the largest health care system in the world, and Chicago is arguably the capital of that system. The state of Delaware, together with the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland and two counties of Virginia, form the Delmarva Peninsula, a geographical unit stretching far down the Mid-Atlantic coast. Related topics. The largest city is Wilmington, and the capital is Dover. Until about 1850, men outnumbered women and this male-dominated subculture encouraged gambling and drinking, as well as activities such as billiards and horse racing. Small portions of Delaware are also situated on the far, or eastern, side of the Delaware River Estuary, and these small parcels share land boundaries with New Jersey. While the complete truth of the story is sometimes doubted, it is important as an early Chicago legend and does reflect the early days of sports in the city. Early Chicago had only the most primitive of sports.

Delaware is bounded to the north by Pennsylvania, to the east by the Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean and to the west and south by Maryland. As soon as the fight began, police moved in and arrested every criminal and escorted them to the city borders. Delaware has one of the few remaining Courts of Chancery in the nation, which has jurisdiction over equity cases. During the city's boomtown days local authorities staged a dogfight, knowing that it would attract some of the more unsavory characters on the town's crime scene. See: List of counties in Delaware. In the early history of the city, sports were at the heart of some founding legends. See: List of Delaware Governors Delaware only has 3 counties: Kent County, New Castle County, and Sussex County. It is one of the few cities in the United States with two professional baseball teams (Cubs, White Sox) plus professional football (Bears), soccer (Fire), basketball (Bulls), and two professional hockey teams (the Blackhawks and the minor-league Wolves).

Castle (Republican). Chicago is also identified with many sports teams. Delaware's single US Representative is former Governor, Michael N. Related topics. Biden (Democrat) and Thomas Carper (Democrat). Moody, a 19th Century evangelist who held a Sunday School and founded a church there. Senators are Joseph R. Chicago is home to the Moody Bible Institute, named after Dwight L.

Delaware's U.S. Historically, Chicago is remembered for machine politics ("Vote early and vote often" and "A city run of the Daleys, by the Daleys, for the Daleys" are two phrases associated with Chicago politics), meat packing (as mentioned in the nicknames section and made infamous by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle), and gangster violence during Prohibition (some key figures are linked to Chicago, such as Al Capone and John Dillinger). Delaware is also one of the few states (California being another) that elect the governor and lieutenant governor separately. At the same time, Sandburg, who was a lifelong Socialist, published other less well-known poems criticising Chicago's disparities in wealth. Carney. These poems are representative of Chicago's spirit. The present governor of Delaware is Ruth Ann Minner (Democrat). The lieutenant governor is John C. Carl Sandburg, a Pulitzer Prize–winning poet and Abraham Lincoln biographer, gave the city one of its best-known nicknames, "City of Big Shoulders", in his Chicago Poems (1916).

The executive branch is headed by the Governor of Delaware and the judicial branch provides for a hierarchy of courts with the state Supreme Court being the highest. Chicago also has a great literary tradition. The legislative body consists of a House of Representatives with 41 members and a Senate with 21 members. Many world-famous actors and comedians are from Chicago or have studied there, particularly at Northwestern University. Delaware's fourth and current constitution was adopted in 1897 and provides for executive, judicial and legislative bodies. It is home to The Second City and ImprovOlympic, two of the largest comedy troupes in the world. Delaware ratified the amendment on February 12, 1901--40 years after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Chicago is a well-known theater capital and is the mecca for improvizational comedy.

Eight months after the end of the Civil War, however, Delaware voted on February 18, 1865 to reject the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution and so voted unsuccessfully to continue slavery beyond the Civil War. In addition, Chicago schools have developed in various studies, such as the famed Chicago school of architecture and the Chicago schools of economic theory, literary criticism and urban sociology, the latter three founded at the University of Chicago. During the American Civil War, Delaware was a slave state that remained in the Union (Delaware voters voted not to secede on January 3, 1861). Another local specialty is "cheese fries", French fries covered in cheese. The Big August Quarterly which began in 1814 is still celebrated and is the oldest such cultural festival in the country. The Italian Beef typically includes cheese, peppers, and onions. Church. Chicago has a homegrown riposte to the "po' boy" of New Orleans and the equivalent "hoagie" of Philadelphia in the Italian beef sandwich.

The oldest black church in the country was chartered in Delaware by former-slave Peter Spencer in 1813 as the "Union Church of Africans," which is now the A.U.M.P. In the field of popular cuisine, Chicago style Pizza provides the antithesis to New York styles and hot dogs, being synonymous with deep-dish and stuffed pizza in addition to being linked to a robustly complex Chicago style Hot Dog (often called "the garbage dog") that challenges the relative simplicity of a New York coney dog. After the Revolution began in 1776, the three counties became "The Delaware State," and in 1792 that entity adopted its first constitution, declaring itself to be the "State of Delaware." Its first governors went by the title of "President of the Delaware State". In the field of music, Chicago is well-known for its Chicago blues, but it is also the birthplace of the House style of music, whose history is related to the development and fostering of the techno electronic style of music in nearby Detroit. Delaware was one of the thirteen colonies which revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. For its youth as compared to Eastern cities, Chicago has made many significant pop-cultural contributions. Several towns on the borders between Delaware and Maryland are divided by these lines. Related topics.

The north-south boundary between Delaware and Maryland is known as the Transpeninsular Line. Additionally Chicago is considered to be the Prime Global Advertising Service Center by the GaWC. The remanider of the border between Pennsylvania and Delaware is formed by an arc known as The Twelve-Mile Circle. Chicago is considered to command the third-largest market in North America (after New York City and Los Angeles - although Mexico City is larger, its market does not hold such importance) and as such has many different forms of media and outlets to support its status. Part of the Line now forms the east-west boundary between Delaware and Maryland, and part of the north-south boundary between Pennsylvania and Delaware (this section, known as The Wedge was in dispute up till 1921), and some 80 of their original limestone markers remain. They inspired the creation of the City Colleges of Chicago. The legal battles were settled by the heirs agreeing to a survey -- which resulted in the Mason-Dixon line, surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767. Stanley Brown in 1899.

Thus raged over 100 years of litigation between William Penn and Baltimore, and, later, their heirs, in the High Court of Chancery in London. Community colleges were pioneered by locals William Rainey Harper and J. However, Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Maryland claimed a competing grant to lands in the southern portion of Pennsylvania and most of Delaware. Columbia College, Roosevelt University and The School of the Art Institute are major schools geared towards urban studies, fine arts and performance arts. In 1704 the "three lower counties" gained a separate legislature, and in 1710 a separate executive council. Major research universities such as the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Chicago call Chicago home. The deed to the property that is now Delaware was granted to William Penn in 1682, by James, Duke of York (later, James II of England), and was part of the colony of Pennsylvania. Loyola is one of the largest institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

The name "Delaware" comes from the title of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, erstwhile governor of the colony of Virginia. Two of the most honored institutions of the Roman Catholic Church are DePaul University in Lincoln Park and Loyola University in Rogers Park and Edgewater. The area became "New Sweden" with a colony established by Swedes (led by Peter Minuit) around Fort Christina (now Wilmington) in 1638. Chicago holds a distinguished place in the United States for higher education as the home of such schools as the University of Chicago in Hyde Park and Northwestern University in Evanston. Europeans first settled in a Dutch trading post at "Zwaanendael" (or "Swaanendael," present-day Lewes (pronounced "Lewis")) in 1631. Main article: Colleges and universities of Chicago. Ratification occurred on December 7, 1787.
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It is known as the "First State" because it was the first of the 13 colonies to ratify the United States Constitution. Related topics. Delaware is a state of the United States. Of the total population, 28.1% of those under the age of 18 and 15.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Below the poverty line are 19.6% of the population and 16.6% of the families. Delaware County, New York. The per capita income for the city is $20,175.

Delaware County, Iowa. Males have a median income of $35,907 versus $30,536 for females. Delaware, Ohio. The median income for a household in the city is $38,625, and the median income for a family is $42,724. Ardentown: $35,577. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.1 males. Rehoboth Beach: $38,494. For every 100 females there are 94.2 males.

North Star: $39,677. The median age is 32 years. Hockessin: $40,516. Of the city population, 26.2% are under the age of 18, 11.2% are from 18 to 24, 33.4% are from 25 to 44, 18.9% are from 45 to 64, and 10.3% are 65 years of age or older. Bethany Beach: $41,306. The average household size is 2.67 and the average family size is 3.50. Fenwick Island: $44,415. Of all households, 32.6% are made up of individuals and 8.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older.

Dewey Beach: $51,958. There are 1,061,928 households, of which 28.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.1% are married couples living together, 18.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% are non-families. South Bethany: $53,624. It is also considered to be the second-largest Serbian city in the world after Belgrade (which has a population of two million). Henlopen Acres: $82,091. Daley. Chicago has the largest ethnically Polish population outside of Polish capital of Warsaw, making it one of the most important Polonia centers. Greenville: $83,223. Many of Chicago's politicians have come from this massive Irish population, including the current mayor, Richard M.

The main ethnic groups in Chicago are Irish, German, Italian and Polish. Chicago has a very large Irish-American population on its South Side. Chicago's unique culture arises from it being a melting pot, with nearly even percentages of Whites and African-Americans and a sizeable Hispanic minority. Of the population, 26.02% are Hispanic or Latino of any race. The racial makeup of the city is 41.97% White, 36.77% Black or African American, 0.36% Native American, 4.35% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 13.58% from other races, and 2.92% from two or more races.

There are 1,152,868 housing units at an average density of 1,959.8/km² (5,075.8/mi²). The population density is 4,923.0/km² (12,750.3/mi²). This encompasses about one-fifth of the entire population of the state of Illinois and 1% of the population of the United States. As of the census² of 2000, there are 2,896,016 people, 1,061,928 households, and 632,909 families residing in the city of Chicago proper.

People living in the Chicago area are called "Chicagoans.". Main article: Demographics of Chicago.
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Today Chicago is considered to be a Prime Accountancy, Advertising and Legal Service Centers by the GaWC. From this were established the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), and the modern systems we use today for futures and commodity trading. Later, people as far away as New York City began buying contracts by telegraph on the goods that would be stored in Chicago in the future. Grain was stored in Chicago, and people began buying contracts on it.

Massive amounts of goods passed through Chicago from places in the Mississippi Valley such as St. Louis, Missouri. A number of events led to this, along with Chicago's transportation systems and geographic proximity to the rest of the country. Modern-day futures and commodity trading markets were pioneered in Chicago. As the major meat companies grew in Chicago many, such as Armour, created global enterprises and communicated with divisions spread across the globe via telegraph.

Today, we consider industries such as steel, oil, and banking to be the great global market segments, but in the 1860s Chicago's pork and beef industry represented the first global industry. The efficiency of Chicago's meat packing industry and its disassembly plants inspired others such as Henry Ford when he developed Model-T assembly lines. More operating months meant hundreds of thousands of new man-hours in which people could work. Before this time, meat production and distribution facilities, otherwise known as disassembly plants, had to shut down in the hot summer months.

During the 1860s two factors helped this development: First, the Civil War increased the demand for food products, and Chicago's transportation network ensured that goods could be delivered quickly to soldiers all over the northern United States; second, meat packing plants began to utilize ice. By 1862 Chicago had displaced Cincinnati, Ohio, as "Porkopolis". Swift and Philip Armour helped the area to become the largest producer of meat products in the world at the time. Great entrepreneurs such as Gustavus F.

In the 1850s and 1860s Chicago's pork and beef industry exploded. Carl Sandburg described Chicago as a "stacker of wheat", and some would argue that the grain elevators were Chicago's first skyscrapers. In 1848 Chicago built its first grain elevator, and in 1858 there were twelve grain elevators dotting the skyline. In the 1840s Chicago became the largest grain port in the world, shipping food from the Mississippi Valley region which was also growing into the largest food-producing region in the world.

Additionally, the building of the Illinois and Michigan Canal helped move goods south down the Mississippi River. With that, many railroads started to be built from Chicago to other parts of the country, further aiding the growth of the city. Situated on the Great Lakes and with so many new people settling the area, Chicago became an ideal location for shipping and receiving goods. Before it was incorporated as a town in 1833 the primary industry was the fur trade. Chicago's early explosive growth led many land speculators and enterprising individuals to the area.

In fact Chicago's gross metropolitan product would rank 18th in the world if it were a nation-state at approximately 380 billion dollars. Today Chicago remains the United States' second financial center with the nation's second largest central business district and third largest gross metropolitan product. Chicago has been a center for commerce in the United States for most of its modern history. Main article: Economy of Chicago.

The coldest temperature ever recorded officially in Chicago is -27°F (-33°C) on January 11, 1982, with unofficial reports of -30°F.
. The highest official temperature ever recorded is 105°F (42°C) on July 17, 1995 during the Chicago Heat Wave. The highest temperature ever recorded in Chicago is an unofficial 109°F (44°C) on July 24, 1935. For example, in Chicago it has snowed in September (1942), been 90°F (33°C) in March (1982), and had a day where the high and low temperatures differed by more than 65°F (31°C) in one day (February 8, 1900).

Chicago has four clearly defined seasons, although in certain years some seasons may overextend their welcome and linger into months they do not traditionally occupy. Sudden changes of weather, large daily temperature ranges, and unpredictable precipitation patterns are all staples of Chicago weather. Chicago has a climate typical of the Midwest. Main article: Climate of Chicago.

. Related topics. A list of the color aerial views of the urban area of Chicago. Chicago is also recognized around the world for its magnificent skyline, and is globally ranked fourth based on number of buildings and floors.[1] (http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/sr/).

The Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consists of Cook County and five surrounding Illinois counties as well as the Chicago–Gary–Kenosha Consolidated Statistical Area (CSA), which is made up of nine counties, two of them in northwestern Indiana and one in southeastern Wisconsin. Connecting the Chicago River with the Des Plaines is the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The city lies beside Lake Michigan and two rivers, the Chicago in Downtown Chicago and the Calumet in the industrial Far South Side, entirely or partially flow through Chicago. The city has been built on relatively flat land; the average height of land is 579 feet (176 metres) above sea level.

The total area is 2.94% water. Census Bureau, Chicago has a total area of 606.1 km² (234.0 mi²), of which 588.3 km² (227.1 mi²) is land and 17.8 km² (6.9 mi²) is water. According to the U.S. When the city we know today was initially founded in the 1830s the land was swampy and most of the early building began around the mouth of the Chicago River.

Chicago is located in northeastern Illinois at the southwestern tip of Lake Michigan. Main article: Geography of Chicago.
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The city is the county seat of Cook County. The council takes official action through the passage of ordinances and resolutions. Government priorities and activities are established in a budget ordinance usually adopted each November. The council enacts local ordinances and approves the city budget.

The City Council is the legislative branch and is made up of 50 aldermen, one elected from each ward in the city. In addition to the mayor, Chicago's two other citywide elected officials are the clerk and the treasurer. Daley. The current mayor is Richard M.

The mayor appoints commissioners and other officials who oversee the various departments. The mayor is the chief executive, elected by general election for a term of four years. The government of the City of Chicago is divided into executive and legislative branches. Main article: Law and government of Chicago.

Related topics. Today, the Chinatown near 35th and Cermak is a tourist draw, and Devon avenue is a lively Indian neighborhood based on Indians and Pakistanis working as professionals in Chicago. Prior to World War I and the dispersal and persecution of German-Americans consequent on war hysteria, Lincoln Avenue was a major German-speaking area. Lively ethnic neighborhoods have long been a Chicago feature.

In a reversal of the pattern of the 1960s which is an emulation of modern Paris, the very wealthy once again dominate the city center, with new residential housing in the Loop (even the financial district), River North (formerly the Near North Side) and south of the Loop, while the poor have been migrating to the older ring of suburbs of Chicago. At the same time, pathologies remain including homelessness and crime. Chicago's population declines and lack of new construction, characteristic of the town during the 1960s and 1970s, have been reversed by a considerable amount of mostly private investment which make its center today quite lively, with a number of museums, a first rate symphony and opera company, and many live theaters. In August 1968, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was disrupted, at first by peaceful, if noisy, protests and then by what an ex-governor of Illinois characterized as a "police riot" when overworked Chicago police charged demonstrators on Michigan avenue.

On December 2, 1942, the world's first controlled nuclear reaction was conducted at the University of Chicago as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project. Instead, the River flowed into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, and eventually into the Mississippi River. The Chicago River's direction of flow was reversed in 1900 to prevent sewage from running into Lake Michigan, the city's water source. Today, Chicago remains a town of still-strong unions as a result of a tradition of labor militancy.

The 1880s and 1890s were a time when many Chicagoans made their fortune, but the ordinary person's lot was fairly grim, with poor housing, disease and long hours the norm. Two noted events of this period were the Haymarket Riot, which started in a way that is still under debate and the Pullman Strike of 1894, started when railcar magnate George Pullman turned workers out of their company housing when they were no longer needed. Chicago's resurgence onto the world scene was capped by the World Columbian Exposition (1893 Chicago World's Fair). The first skyscraper was constructed in 1885 using novel steel-skeleton construction. In the following years, Chicago rebuilt itself and its architecture became influential throughout the world.

In 1871, most of the city burned in the Great Chicago Fire. The 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated home-state candidate Abraham Lincoln. In 1855, the level of the city was raised four to seven feet, with individual buildings jacked up and fill brought in to raise streets above the swamp. Chicago also became home to nationwide retailers such as Montgomery Ward and Sears, Roebuck and Company that offered catalog shopping using these connections.

Chicago would go on to become the transportation hub of the United States with its road, rail, and water (and later air) connections. The first rail line to Chicago, the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, was also completed in 1848. The opening of the Illinois and Michigan Canal in 1848 allowed shipping from the Great Lakes through Chicago to the Mississippi River and so to the Gulf of Mexico. On March 4, 1837, Chicago was granted a city charter by the state.

On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was incorporated with a population of 350. It was destroyed in the Fort Dearborn Massacre during the War of 1812, but was rebuilt in 1816 and remained in use until 1837. In 1803, Fort Dearborn was built. In 1795, the Chicago area was ceded by the Native Americans in the Treaty of Greenville to the United States for use as a military post.

In the 1770s the first non-native settler, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a Haitian of African descent, settled on the banks of the Chicago River. The area now known as Chicago was primarily inhabited by Potawatomis. Main article: History of Chicago. Its unique cuisine, skyscrapers and sports teams are also the most recognized symbols of the city.

Chicago is known for its cultural and ethnic diversity and frontier and political history. With several colloquial nicknames, Chicago is ranked by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network as one of the ten alpha world cities. A former frontier town in existence for over 175 years, Chicago is located in the midwest state of Illinois along the western shores of Lake Michigan. Chicago and Chicagoland, when combined with the greater Milwaukee region, is often considered a megacity or megalopolis with a population that nears approximately 12 million people.

The city itself covers 606.1 km² (234.0 mi²) but when combined with its suburbs and eight collar counties, forming the greater metropolitan area known as Chicagoland, it encompasses more than 5,000 mi² with a population that nears approximately 10 million people. Classified as a world class city, it is the fourth largest in North America and the seventh largest in Western Hemisphere. Chicago, Illinois — officially the City of Chicago and colloquially known as Chicago, the Second City and the Windy City — is the third largest city of the United States after New York City and Los Angeles and is the largest inland city of the nation. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 2,896,016 people.
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City of Chicago Homepage (http://www.cityofchicago.org/). Travel guide to Chicago, Illinois from Wikitravel. Photos of Chicago - Terra Galleria (http://www.terragalleria.com/america/mid-west/illinois/). Spertus Institute - Museum dedicated solely to Judaica.

The Pacific Northwest–themed Oceanarium features dolphins, whales, and other animals from the region, as well as a panoramic view of Lake Michigan. Located on the Museum Campus, the Shedd Aquarium is home to a large collection of marine life from throughout the world. Lake Shore Dr., +1 312-939-2438. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S.

Museum of Science and Industry. Museum of Holography. Oriental Institute, part of the University of Chicago, one of the best collections of ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern archeology in the world. $10 ($6 student, free Tu after 5PM).

Art of all types from around the world made since 1945. Tu 10AM-8PM, W-Su 10AM-5PM. Chicago Ave., +1 312-280-2660. Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E.

$12 ($7 children, seniors and students; Monday and Tuesday are free seasonally). Highlights include the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the world as well as a great, kids-friendly Egyptian exhibit. Chicago's natural history museum. Every day 9AM-5PM.

Lake Shore Dr., +1 312-922-9410. Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. The ceiling of Preston Bradley Hall includes a 38-foot Tiffany glass dome. Built in 1897 as Chicago's first public library, the building now houses the city's Visitor Information Center, galleries, and exhibit halls.

Except holidays, M-Th 10AM-7PM, F 10AM-6PM, Sa 10AM-5PM, Su 11AM-5PM. Washington St. Chicago Cultural Center (Home Page (http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Tourism/CultureCenterTour/)), 78 E. Famous pieces include American Gothic by Grant Wood, and A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat.

Michigan Ave. One of the premier museums in the United States. Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Public Transit Trip Planner (http://tripsweb.rtachicago.com/). Chicago Pedway.

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