AVENUE ORIGINS

Oct 24, 2017 |

By Mark Miles10.24.2017 You know how to give directions around the city, but do you know how some of Chicago’s major streets got their names? Belmont Avenue — Named after the Battle of Belmont, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s first command during the Civil War. Fullerton Avenue — Named after Alexander N. Fullerton, a Vermont native who was […more]

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