What is Jean Baptiste Point du Sable?
[[File:Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Andreas 1884.jpg|thumb|right|180px|The only known painting of Point du Sable, (1884)]] '''Jean Baptiste Point du Sable''' (before 1750 &ndash; August 18, 1818) was the founder of the city of [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] in c. 1770s. Point du Sable was the first person to live in the city. He settled around where today the [[Chicago River]] is located at. He left Chicago in 1800.<ref>{{cite book|last=Graham|first=Shirley|title=Jean Baptiste Pointe De Sable Founder Of Chicago|year=1953|publisher=Julian Messner|url=https://archive.org/details/jeanbaptistepoin009076mbp|accessdate=August 26, 2010}}</ref> Point du Sable was born around the 1750s. His birthplace is not known. Many people say that he was born in [[Haiti]]. Point du Sable died on August 18, 1818 in [[St. Charles, Missouri]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.dusableheritage.com DuSable Heritage Association] {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Point du Sable, Jean Baptiste}} [[Category:1818 deaths]] [[Category:Haitian people]] [[Category:People from Michigan City, Indiana]] [[Category:People from Chicago]]