Posted on March 7, 2020 at 12:55pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Chicago River Dyed Green for St. Patrick's Day
[Cross-Post from Chief O'Neill Blog]
What would Chief…
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The story of Chief O'Neill owes a great debt to his great-granddaughter Mary Lesch. It was Mary who followed through on family stories and hunted down her famous ancestor's unpublished manuscript. Then, with the aid of Chicago historian…
Posted on November 2, 2019 at 3:00pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Francis O'Neill started as a policeman on August 17th, 1873. At that time, Chicago was still recovering from the devastation of the Great Fire a couple of years before. Francis had his own tragedies to contend with: He and his wife Anna lost their first child during that difficult time, and he struggled to keep a steady job in…
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