History of Wolf Point - Wolf Point Strategies

WOLF POINT , Chicago 1822-1835
The first center of American settlement was founded around the CONFLUENCE of the three Branches of The Chicago River. Wolf Point became the Political, Social, religious center of Original Chicago, Post Office , Elections, Taverns and Trading and housing began here. Learn more below:

ILLINOIS 1812-1822
This 1822 Illinois Map shows the lack of development in the Northeast corner of Illinois. Much of Illinois’s early population came about because of migratory expansion from the slave state of Kentucky and the slave state of Missouri following the Missouri Compromise of 1820 details from Wikipedia.

Illinois 1822 Continued...

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ILLINOIS, 1822
Courtesy of the David Rumsey collection

Illinois 1822
Precursor to Chicago's exceptional growth period.

1822: A time of slavery, War of 1812 memories, The Fort Dearborn Massacre and the Illinois & Michigan Canal.

Chicago Numbers At A Glance

Illinois Statehood 1818

POPULATION - ILLINOIS

1800 - 215
1810 - 12,282
1820 - 55,221
1830 - 157,445
1840 - 476,183
1850 - 851,470
1860 - 1,711,951
1870 - 2,539,891
1880 - 3.077,871
1890 - 3,826,351
1900 - 4,821,550

POPULATION – CHICAGO

1829 - 30
1830 - 45
1831 - 60
1832 - 600
1833 - 350
1834 - 2,000
1840 - 4,470
1850 - 29,963
1860 - 112,172
1870 - 298,977
1880 - 503.185
1890 - 1,099,850
1900 - 1,698,575

VISION and ORGANIZATIONAL FORESIGHT
of Wolf Point Residents 1829 -1835

During 1832 and 1833, general attention was focused on Chicago by the valiant efforts of her citizens to obtain a harbor appropriation, and in addition to this mode of advertising, the “Canal Enthusiasm” was spreading from Chicago all over the country.

Illinois 1829-1835 Continued...

Wolf Point 1829-34, Scharf Map
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#25     1832 First Bridge built, to promote access to the Miller & Clybourne Tavern 1^st contsrtucted in 1829

#11      1829 John Miller’s Log Tavern

#12      1829 Sam Miller & Archibald Clybourne (INDIAN STORE & Tavern)

#13      1829 Miller & Clybourne (FIRST FERRY - Wolf Point )

#9        1829Archibald Caldwell : Builder WOLF POINT Tavern

#14      1831 James KINZIE, Propreitor, Wolf Point Tavern

#15      1831 Elijah Wentworth, Proprietor, Wolf Point Tavern

#17      1831 William See: Methodist Exhorter

#10      1829 Robert O. Kinzie, INDIAN TRADER

#32      1833    James Kinzie: GREEN TREE TAVERN

#58      1834 Anson Taylor

#19      1831 MarkS. Beaubien: Builder, Proprietor, SAUGANASH TAVERN

#19      1831 Mark S. Beaubien First PUBLIC FERRY at current Lake Street

#35      1833 J.S.C. Hogan: POST OFFICE & STORE

#19      1860 Site of WIGAM CONVENTION HALL : Site of ABRAHAM LINCOLN presidential nomination, ANTI SLAVERY platform, 1st Republican Convention

#38      1833 Sites of various IINDIAN CAMPS

#36      1833 Silas Cobb TRADER

#16      1831 Alexander Robinson: INDIAN TRADER, Stockhouse Enclosure & 6 inch Sapling

#26      1833 Corduroy Bridge

#54      1834 Site of First INDIAN ANNUITY payment for ceding 20 Million acres to USA

Wolf Point, 1834

Other Historical Society Images of Wolf Point:

Early Settlement at Wolf Point,1833

Birds eye view of Chicago Business District, 1893

Wolf Point 1829-34, Scharf Map
Detail of downtown Chicago, 1933 A Century of Progress	Steaming away from Wolf Point under the Franklin Street Bridge, 1935