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& No, it’s not André 3000
You Can Thank Him when you visit Chi-Town –as the locals call it–
…because Jean Baptiste Point discovered it.
This Haitian trader accumulated most of his wealth after settling in & setting up shop in what’s know as modern day Peoria, Illinois.
But more importantly though,
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable was described as a kind man with good character.
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