This is the most probable date when Black explorer Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable begins building the settlement, which would eventually become the city of Chicago, Ill. The Haitian-born (c 1745) du ...

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable is known as the founder or father of Chicago in the late 18th century. However it wasn't officially incorporated until 1837. Chicago is known as the United States ...

Happy birthday to the city of Chicago! ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch The city was officially founded on March 4, 1837. The video in the player above is from a previous report ...