Talk:History of Chicago

Untitled
I'm taking a stab at organizing this page into subsections (incorporation, early days, etc.). Please play around with your thoughts on the logical formation of this. --Jason 19:50, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

I'd really like to create a comprehensive timeline for Chicago and would like suggestions on format. What we have today is very basic. What I have in my head is a sidebar listing on the left with the years and then several major colum headings with different colors that break out yearly events into columns by topics such as Politics, Culture, Population & Health, Arts & Education, Leisure & Sports, Work & Economy, etc. This is a format followed by many encylclopedias in print. Thoughts or suggestions? This will be a big task.

Also - Take a look at this

--Jason 01:27, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)

--In 1830s Chicago was mostly Yankee; all the French and Indians were long gone 67.176.74.236 05:54, 10 November 2005 (UTC) RJensen

--In the late 1700s and early 1800s Chicaco was called Eschikago.

Manufacturing decline
From the book called "Remaking Chicago", here is data on change in number of people employed in manufacturing. 1958: 329 thousand. 1972: 389 thousand. 1983: 258 thousand. Just adding this in case anyone feels it might have use in this article or the general Chicago article. CalumetandHecla (talk) 19:40, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Chicago Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918-1919
I was wondering why the 1918 Spanish Influenza Epidenmic has not been added to the History of chicago? After all, it was an important part of our Chicago History. If I am not mistaken, then I believe 8,500 people died in that year of the disease.

Overall Quality of writing
I am not a wikipedian, but the writing in this article could use some editing. The content is good, but the style is not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.84.29 (talk) 04:48, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

DePaul University Wikipedia Visiting Scholar position
Of possible interest to editors of this article: DePaul University is accepting applications for a Wikipedia Visiting Scholars position with a possible focus on the history of Chicago. Through the Visiting Scholars program, educational institutions provide experienced Wikipedians with remote access to their libraries' research resources. The Wikipedian is given an official university login and agrees to create/improve articles on Wikipedia in a subject area of mutual interest. The positions are unpaid, remote, and usually go for 6 or 12 months. If you have at least 1000 edits, an account at least 1 year old, and experience improving content, you're eligible. For more information see Visiting Scholars. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:24, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

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Is this page protected from editing?
??? Chicagohistory2 (talk) 20:09, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

Street Renumbering in 1909
I don't see any information about the 1909 renumbering of Chicago street addresses.

I got to this question from the Wm. J. Cassidy Tire Building article. The building was constructed in 1902 at 117-125 N. Clinton (east side of Clinton). It was moved a few hundred feet east to make room for railroad tracks, so its former rear became the front at what is now 344 N Canal.

The article gives the two addresses: 117 N. Clinton and 344 N. Canal, leading to a erroneous impression the building was moved several blocks. So I wanted to add a footnote or something saying 1903 addresses are not the same as modern addresses due to the 1909 renumbering. I figured I'd use a wikilink.

Some references:
 * Brief mention by the Chicago History Museum
 * The 1909 renumbering book also courtesy of Chicago History Museum
 * Here is a blog post Chicago Street Renumbering at chicagology.com

But I haven't found any information on same in Wikipedia. Not sure what other article could mention it, so I'm asking here. -- M.boli (talk) 23:28, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

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Unsourced, and will be removed if not fixed
First two paragraphs at History of Chicago are entirely unsourced and as a matter of policy (yes, on WP verifiability trumps due weight by a mile), they will be removed if no efforts are made to source them, the unsourced section and statements have been tagged accordingly in good faith to aid those interested in such an endeavor. Courtesy ping Ghostbeach (talk) 00:46, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * p.s. I could’ve simply wiped the unsourced paragraphs quietly into oblivion on sight without saying anything (WP policy fully supports such a move), but I chose to be kind enough to give others a chance to save the content if so desired. Ghostbeach (talk) 00:55, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Please also note that History of Chicago is an entirely unsourced section (tagged accordingly), and is thus due for removal if no efforts are made to source it. Ghostbeach (talk) 01:01, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I fixed that by adding appropriate citations to several major books, And I also dropped a long discussion about a minor personality Randy Kryn . Rjensen (talk) 01:11, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I see I've been pinged awhile ago above, and would ask that someone, maybe, please delete my name from its obvious-to-any-Wikipedian undue weight placement in the last lead sentence. I've been told that removing your own name from an article is a COI violation, and am not sure of the accuracy of that, especially when it comes to something as blatantly inaccurate as this. The factoid has been in place for 10 days or so, which calls into question if anyone is really watching this page and, at a minimum, that it and several other Chicago political and history pages should receive protected status. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:42, 28 January 2023 (UTC)