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The brewery's 300-barrel kettle was kept busy churning out brands, while the left-over grain materials were pressed and sold for cattle feed and grist mills in the rural areas surrounding DuBois. As with many other American breweries, DuBois Brewing moved right along until 1918 and the advent of Prohibition.
July 10, Chicago's first legally executed criminal, John Stone was hanged for rape and murder. Population: 4,470. [4] 1843: Chicago's first cemetery, Chicago City Cemetery, was established in Lincoln Park. [5] 1844: Lake Park designated. [6] 1847: June 10, The first issue of the Chicago Tribune is published. 1848
Additionally, it includes 442 maps, more than 400 vintage photographs, [25] over 250 sketches of "historically significant business enterprises", [6] a dictionary of Chicago-area businesses, a biographical dictionary and a 21-page timeline that traces the history of Chicago from 1630 to 2000. [3] [10]
Fort Dearborn depicted as in 1831, sketched 1850s although the accuracy of the sketch was debated soon after it appeared.. The first non-native settler in Chicago was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a Frenchman of European and African descent, [11] who built a farm at the mouth of the Chicago River in 1788 to 1790 [a].
Drewrys Brewing Company is an American brewery located in McHenry, Illinois founded in 1877.. Besides its Canadian connection (sometimes sporting a picture of a Mountie on cans or labels), the main Drewrys claims to fame were that the beer was "more flavor; less filling; more fun!", [1] years before the popularity of light beers, and also (with the advent of lighter aluminum cans) that a can ...
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Aleman Brewing Company, Chicago, founded in 2013. Initially the beer was contract brewed. [501] Opened their own brewery in 2016. Closed in 2023. Ale Syndicate was founded in Chicago in 2013. The beer was originally contract brewed at several locations, including Big Chicago Brewing Company, Galena Brewing Company, and Excel Brewing Company. [502]
The DuBois Pioneer Home is turning 125 years old. The home, pictured here, was built in 1898 along the banks of the Jupiter Inlet by Harry DuBois as a wedding present to his new bride, Susan.