A section of Chicago’s iconic Lake Shore Drive could be renamed in honor of Jean Baptiste Point DuSable if the City Council takes the matter up for a vote Friday.

Right, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss is here for the reveal of “Explorer,” an eight-foot bronze sculpture interpretation of explorer Jean Baptiste Point DuSable on Oct. 8, 2023 in Evanston.

Jean Baptiste Point DuSable . Redefining history. By Nate Marshall. Photograph by Kevin Serna. November 23, ... We know that his land ended up in the possession of John Kinzie, ...

Who Was Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, ... One of Chicago’s most iconic and scenic thoroughfares has a new name, report John Byrne and Gregory Pratt for the Chicago Tribune.

Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, originally from present-day Haiti, settled near the mouth of the Chicago River in the late 1770s, ... Four years later, white trader John Kinzie ...

Jean Baptiste Point DuSable is considered by many to be the first non-Indigenous settler and the founder of what would become Chicago. DuSable – along with his wife, ...

With the renaming of Lakeshore Drive to Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive, we take a deeper look into who this Chicago founder was and what he contributed to the city.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A memorial ceremony will be held Wednesday morning to honor Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, who is considered the very first resident of Chicago. The ceremony marks the 197th ...

She was the wife of explorer Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, and in some's eyes, a co-founder of Chicago. Her story is not often told. There are no exhibits, no statues, or books about Kitihawa ...

However, Joseph quickly learned that Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable — the first permanent non-Indigenous settler of what later became Chicago — had Haitian roots, like her.

Running just over 16 miles from Edgewater on the city's North Side to Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side, the task of retrofitting signage to reflect Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive ...

The Chicago City Council on Friday voted to rename the city’s iconic Lake Shore Drive in honor of Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, a Black trader who is widely regarded as Chicago’s founder.