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Milwaukee Graceland Cemetery

Visit Chicago’s Famous Club Dead

It’s not often that destination writers implore residents and visitors to report to a local burial ground for a good time, but if you haven...
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Carter Harrison, Jr., his later years

After Carter Harrison, Jr. completed his term of office in 1905, he decided to move to California. He stayed for a while, but he returned to run...
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Carter Harrison Sr., honoring a great man

In 1893, life seemed great for Harrison. He was elected mayor. The World’s Columbian Exposition opened on May 1. And, he was marrying Annie...
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Carter Harrison Sr., Chicago's bridegroom

Carter Harrison Sr. (sometimes called Carter Harrison I) galloped through the streets of Chicago on an excellent, white, Kentucky mare. He was...
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Ghost hunting in Chicago cemeteries

Halloween, the day the dead are supposed to come back and haunt the living. As a child, there was nothing better than to hear a tale of ghosts,...
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An organized, adept mayor of Chicago

  • John P. Chapin
  • August 26, 2011
John Putnam Chapin, born on April 21, 1810, in Rutland, Vermont, was born in the same month and on same day and in the same state as former Mayor...
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