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Chicago Portage National Historic Site

Lyons, IL

This quiet forest-preserve site marks the ancient portage that ultimately helped determine why Chicago grew where it did.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: fpdcc.com/places/locations/chicago-portage-national-historic-site/

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