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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8335544, member: 20201&quot;]<b>1933 Chicago World&#039;s Fair</b></p><p><b>2.25 in. Lucky Penny</b></p><p><b>Fort Dearborn</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477855[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477856[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Fort Dearborn was a United States fort built in 1803 beside the Chicago River, in what is now Chicago, Illinois. It was constructed by troops under Captain John Whistler and named in honor of Henry Dearborn, then United States Secretary of War. The original fort was destroyed following the Battle of Fort Dearborn during the War of 1812.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477858[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>During the War of 1812, General William Hull ordered the evacuation of Fort Dearborn in August 1812. Capt. Heald oversaw the evacuation, but on August 15 the evacuees were ambushed along the trail by about 500 Potawatomi Indians in the Battle of Fort Dearborn. The Potawatomi captured Heald and his wife, Rebekah, and ransomed them to the British. Of the 148 soldiers, women, and children who evacuated the fort, 86 were killed in the ambush. The Potawatomi burned the fort to the ground the next day.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477859[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In 1933, at the Century of Progress Exhibition, a detailed replica of Fort Dearborn was erected as a fair exhibit.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I bought this it was nice. When it arrived in a thin unpadded</p><p>manila envelope loose, it had that unsightly rim dent. :-0[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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