Notes:
The first settlement at the site of Ft. Dearborn was called Pannaway Plantation in 1623.
In the spring of 1623, the ship Jonathan out of Plymouth, England, sighted land. David Thomson and ten others, including his wife, established the first permanent settlement on this land. It was called Pannaway, and Indian name for what we know today as Odiorne Point. Thomson and his crew built a fort on the point as protection from the Indians.
Pannaway had a good supply of fresh water, could be defended easily and had extensive salt marshes which provided salt hay for cattle fodder and thatch for roofing material. These first settlers and others who would join them were fishermen, traders and farmers  Latitude: 43.0133306, Longitude: -70.7713889
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