What makes a city? People of course!
"At the beginning of history" Chicago was inhabited by Algonquian Indians. Considering it's location in relation to waterways, at this early stage in history, the Algonquians mingled with nearby tribes of the Potawatomis, the Fox, and the Illinois tribes. The mingling was due to trade, as well as hunting migrations. By the 1700s, records show that the Potwatomis' dominated the area of Chicago.
Much like the Southwest Border Area, Chicago experienced its own melting pot of culture, this continued on from the settler, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, a Haitian of African and French descent who married a Potwatomis woman. From it's start, Chicago has clearly had a diverse community that has been home to numerous ethnic groups and "mixtures".
The originally established city was small and very populated, so the 1871 Chicago Fire
decimated much of the city. 300 people died in the fire and an estimated one-third of the population was left without a home in the aftermath of the fire. Though this fire was very devastating, the fire actually helped establish the city and allow it to grow even further.
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