Cultural Diversity In Chicago

Cultural Diversity in Chicago According to the Book “Lost Chicago”; the recorded history begins with two extraordinary Frenchmen, Jacques Marquette, and Louis Jolliet. In 1673, on their way back to Green Bay, following their exploration of the Mississippi, Marquette and Jolliet crossed the Chicago portage. “They found the countryside along the Illinois River rich and full of promise.” In July of 1803, Captain John Whistler, under orders from General Henry Dearborn, came to Chicago to build it. Captain Whistler built Fort Dearborn near what is now Michigan Avenue on the south side of the Chicago River. It was the beginning of civic architecture in Chicago, the first public building, the core of the future city. Rob Paral wrote an article on September 1st 2003 and said that by the year 1870 immigrants made up forty-eight percent of Chicago population than any other place in North America. During an 80-year period between 1880 and 1960, the size of Chicago's foreign-born population ranked second place in the whole United States.” Chicago continues to have one of the largest and most diverse immigrant populations in the country. In Chicago people can find one of the …show more content…
The most recent two-year period (2000-2002) investigation says; immigration added 113,000 persons to Cook County.” The three largest foreign-born groups in metropolitan Chicago represent different world regions, including Mexico (582,028 persons), Poland (137,670), and India (76,931).” These groups constitute 56 percent of Chicago area. The remainder of the immigrant population is extremely diverse. As the immigrant population has grown in the Chicago area, foreigners’ unfolded their life styles in a similar manner to the one they’re from and visitors may have an interest to which immigrants are integrating social, civically, and economically to