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|   Jolliet & Marquette Michigan Avenue Bridge marker - Chicago, IL
in Illinois Historical Markers Bronze bas-relief plaque located on the east railing of the Michigan Avenue bridge. The central portion pictures an Indian guide, the two explorers, and five voyageurs within their canoe. posted by:  adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/26/2010 last visited: 03/20/2015 |
 view galleryS0 km | La Salle & Tonti Michigan Avenue Bridge marker - Chicago, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Bronze bas-relief plaque located on the west railing of the Michigan Avenue bridge. The central portion pictures two Indian guides, an Indian woman with child, the two explorers, and three voyageurs portaging their canoe. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/26/2010 last visited: 12/28/2014 |
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|  Chicago River - Chicago, IL
in Wikipedia Entries This river is a 156 miles long and it is why Chicago is what it is today. Come to see it turn green every March 17th. posted by: Metro2 location: Illinois date approved: 06/22/2011 last visited: 05/10/2019 |
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| Michigan Avenue Bridge - Chicago, IL in Wikipedia Entries This bridge spans the Chicago River and has famous reliefs on its pylons. posted by: Metro2 location: Illinois date approved: 06/22/2011 last visited: 08/11/2014 |
 view galleryN0 km |  Michigan Avenue Bridge - 1920 - Chicago, IL
in Bridge Date Stones and Plaques This bridge spans the Chicago River and has famous reliefs on its pylons. posted by: Metro2 location: Illinois date approved: 06/21/2011 last visited: 12/28/2014 |
 view gallerySW0 km |  Michigan-Wacker Historic District - Chicago, IL
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places A major focal point of Chicago - the environs where the Chicago River, Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive meet. Location of the earliest area inhabitants, including duSable, Kinzie and Fort Dearborn. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/05/2008 last visited: 08/11/2014 |
 view galleryS0 km | Chicago River plaque - Michigan Avenue bridge, Chicago, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Bronze plaque on the southwest pylon of the Michigan Avenue bridge. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/29/2009 last visited: 08/06/2014 |
 view galleryS0 km |  Literary Landmark - Chicago, IL
in Signs of History This plaque is located on the Michigan Avenue Bridge. posted by: Metro2 location: Illinois date approved: 06/26/2011 last visited: 08/13/2014 |
 view galleryN0 km |  The Pioneers - Michigan Avenue Bridge NW pylon, Chicago, IL
in Relief Art Sculptures One of the four sculptures on the Michigan Avenue Bridge pylons, depicting important events in early Chicago history. Here, early settlers, including John Kinzie, are shown traveling to their new homesteads. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/11/2010 last visited: 12/28/2014 |
 view galleryN0 km |  The Pioneers - Michigan Avenue Bridge NW pylon, Chicago, IL
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures One of the four sculptures on the Michigan Avenue Bridge pylons, depicting important events in early Chicago history. Here, early settlers, including John Kinzie, are shown traveling to their new homesteads. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2009 last visited: 08/06/2014 |
 view gallerySW0 km | Defense - Michigan Avenue Bridge SW pylon, Chicago, IL in Relief Art Sculptures One of the four sculptures on the Michigan Avenue Bridge pylons, depicting important events in early Chicago history. Here, a scene from the Fort Dearborn "Massacre" in August 1812, featuring the Indian scout Captain Wells. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/11/2010 last visited: 12/28/2014 |
 view gallerySW0 km | Defense - Michigan Avenue Bridge SW pylon, Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures One of the four sculptures on the Michigan Avenue Bridge pylons, depicting important events in early Chicago history. Here, a scene from the Fort Dearborn "Massacre" in August 1812, featuring the Indian scout Captain Wells. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2009 last visited: 05/26/2015 |
 view gallerySW0 km |  Fort Dearborn Massacre Monument - Chicago, IL
in Roadside Attractions This relief is located on one of the towers on the Michigan Avenue Bridge in Chicago, IL. posted by: Metro2 location: Illinois date approved: 07/03/2011 last visited: 12/28/2014 |
 view gallerySW0 km |  Defense - Michigan Avenue Bridge - Chicago, IL
in War of 1812 This relief is located on one of the towers on the Michigan Avenue Bridge in Chicago, IL. posted by: Metro2 location: Illinois date approved: 06/21/2011 last visited: 12/28/2014 |
 view galleryS0 km | Regeneration - Michigan Avenue Bridge SE pylon, Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures One of the four sculptures on the Michigan Avenue Bridge pylons, depicting important events in early Chicago history. Here, workers are shown rebuilding Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871, which destroyed the central city. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2009 last visited: 12/06/2015 |
 view galleryS0 km | Regeneration - Michigan Avenue Bridge SE pylon, Chicago, IL in Relief Art Sculptures One of the four sculptures on the Michigan Avenue Bridge pylons, depicting important events in early Chicago history. Here, workers are shown rebuilding Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871, which destroyed the central city. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/11/2010 last visited: 12/06/2015 |
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| Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet - Chicago, IL in Relief Art Sculptures This relief is located near the SE pylon of the Michigan Avenue Bridge in Chicago, IL posted by: Metro2 location: Illinois date approved: 06/22/2011 last visited: 03/20/2015 |
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| The Discoverers - Michigan Avenue Bridge NE pylon, Chicago, IL in Relief Art Sculptures One of the four sculptures on the Michigan Avenue Bridge pylons, depicting important events in early Chicago history. Here, the French explorers Louis Jolliet, Jacques Marquette, René de LaSalle, and his lieutenant, Henri de Tonti are honored. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/11/2010 last visited: 12/06/2015 |
 view galleryNE0 km | The Discoverers - Michigan Avenue Bridge NE pylon, Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures One of the four sculptures on the Michigan Avenue Bridge pylons, depicting important events in early Chicago history. Here, the French explorers Louis Jolliet, Jacques Marquette, René de LaSalle, and his lieutenant, Henri de Tonti are honored. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2009 last visited: 12/06/2015 |
 view galleryN0 km |  Michigan Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River
in Moving Bridges Michigan Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River posted by:  jkozik location: Illinois date approved: 04/20/2008 last visited: 10/21/2016 |
 view galleryNE0 km | Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable bust and plaque - Chicago, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Bust & marker of DuSable placed along Michigan Avenue near the bridge over the Chicago River in 2009, sculpted by Erik Blome. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 12/22/2009 last visited: 08/01/2016 |
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|  Chicago Riverwalk Flora and Fauna Plaques - Chicago, IL
in Flora and Fauna Information Signs A series of plaques with information about the native flora and fauna along the Chicago Riverwalk, beginning on the east side of the Michigan Avenue entrance. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/31/2019 last visited: never |
 view galleryN0 km | Green Bay Road marker - Chicago, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Bronze plaque at the northwest end of Michigan Avenue bridge, denoting the staring point for a former trail that became a major road in Chicago and the northern suburbs. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/26/2010 last visited: 08/06/2014 |
 view galleryN0 km |  Reversal of the Chicago River - Chicago, IL
in Engineering Landmarks Completed in 1900, the reversal of the Chicago River was a major engineering innovation that greatly benefited the people of Chicago. A small plaque on Michigan Avenue commemorates the feat. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 01/02/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryS0 km |  CDOT Wacker Drive 36
in U.S. Benchmarks Wacker Drive Rehabilitation Survey Marker #36. posted by: Shorelander location: Illinois date approved: 06/07/2006 last visited: 01/05/2022 |
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