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Hennedrik De Jong

CTL-P-1100 · Person · 19th century Chicago

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Dutch pioneer; first settler of South Holland (1847)

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Dutch pioneer; first settler of South Holland (1847)

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South Holland's first settler was Hennedrik De Jong, who came from the Netherlands in 1847, traveled west via the Hudson River, Erie Canal and Great Lakes, and walked from Chicago to the point on the Calumet River where South Holland sprang up; he was accompanied by his wife Geertje (Chicago Tribune, Mar. 4, 1900, South Holland section).

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