Chicago, Illinois is a recent manifestation that challenges the imagination. Just two hundred years ago, this land was inhabited by the Potawattomie Indians, Chicago did not exist. The original Fort Dearborn that had neen built in 1803, had lain in ashes since 1812. Up till 1816, there was only a French Canadian Fur trader, named Antoine Ouilmette along with his wife living in the shadows of the old burned out fort. And only then was he joined by one additional family. How did all this change? How did Chicago grow to become one of the largest and most significant cities in the United States? “Chicago, The First 100 Years” takes you on a spellbinding journey that will forever change the way you look upon the city by the lake.