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Chicago Portage traversed
1673
Portage Woods, Lyons, Illinois
Roger Deschner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Marquette and Jolliet crossed the low divide between the Des Plaines and Chicago rivers in 1673, the portage that made the site of Chicago strategically valuable.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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