Murals: I - Exploration II - Fort Dearborn III - The New City IV - Float Bridge and I & M Canal V - Three Swing Bridges VI - The Great Fire VII - Three Bridges VIII - Columbian Exposition IX - Reversal of the Waters X - Michigan Avenue Bridge XI - Grant Park and the Burnham Plan XII - A Century of Progress XIII - The South Branch XIV - The North Branch XV - The Main Branch XVI - The Riverwalk Artwork copyright 2000 Ellen Lanyon All rights reserved Acknowledgements by Ellen Lanyon Essay by Michael Rooks

III - The New City 1830: James Thompson's plat for Chicago's first real estate development. 1833: Chicago was incorporated as a village after new developers acquired five million acres of land from the Potawatomi. 1837: Chicago was incorporated as a city. 1834: The first draw bridge was built at Dearborn Street. Made of logs, it was often in need of repair and in 1839 was destroyed by irate citizens even though the City Council had already ordered its demolition. At right (shown on mural as an inset, upper left, 1833: The first school opened by Eliza Chappel on the south bank of the river, situated at what is now State Street and Wacker Drive. 1832: Due to increased lake traffic, a lighthouse was built next to the fort. 1834: The United States Army cut through a sand bar at the mouth of the Chicago river to create a better commercial harbor. 1839: The first shipment of grain left Chicago on the schooner Osceola, bound for Buffalo, New York.