Who was the first non-indigenous permanent resident of The Windy City, often referred to as the "Founder of Chicago?"

A merchant named Jean Baptiste Point du Sable was the first non-indigenous permanent resident of Chicago. Du Sable was of African ancestry and may have been born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (nowadays Haiti) in the 1780s. He is often referred to as the "Founder of Chicago."

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