Jean Baptiste Point du Sable is a seldom-recognized titan of Chicago history. The black explorer is credited as the area’s first non-native settler for establishing a trading post along the Chicago ...

Harold Henderson’s fine article about recent archaeological findings in Peoria (May 31) describes what must have been Louis Chatellereau’s farm. This prominent French-Canadian, who also lived at ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable is commonly recognized as the "Founder of Chicago," but some aldermen believe he doesn't get the recognition he deserves, and they want to change that by ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- the Chicago City Council Committee voted Thursday afternoon to rename a portion of Lake Shore Drive after Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable. A City Council committee is scheduled to vote ...