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4 unusual facts about Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard


Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard

After he walked for 75 miles in a single night to warn the town of Danville of an impending raid by Indians, he earned the nickname "Pa-pa-ma-ta-be," or "Swift-Walker."

In Chicago, Hubbard became a leading figure in the fur trade and opened the first meat packing plant in Chicago as part of his work to supply Fort Dearborn with meat.

Hubbard's Cave, a tunnel in Chicago carrying the Kennedy Expressway (I-90/I-94) under several railroads and city streets, including Hubbard Street

On several trips throughout Illinois, he became the adopted son of Chief Waba of the Kickapoo and married Watseka, niece of Chief Tamin of the Kankakee Potawatomi.


Charles McNeill Gray

Gray arrived in Chicago on July 17, 1834 and took a job as a clerk for Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, later working for Peter Cohen.


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