Despite this crude rendering, which appeared in A. T. Andreas's History of Chicago in 1884, Jean Baptiste and Catherine Point DuSable had a considerable establishment on the north side of the main branch of the Chicago River just west of Lake Michigan. When sold in 1800, it included a 40-by-22-foot wood house, one horse mill, a pair of millstones, a bake house, tools, furniture, household goods, and livestock.

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Source: Chicago Historical Society (Portion of ICHi-37461)