The reference and research pictures we’ve compiled through writing our book
There was a ton of research done before we could put the digital pen to paper for our historical fiction. Objects, people, places, even words! Did you know the word ‘ok’ was not used until 1840 in a slogan during President Van Buren's re-election campaign? Neither did we! These are just a few of the interesting things we found when researching for ‘The Secret War of 1834’.
The Colt Patterson, Colt's first revolver, which nearly bankrupted him due to lack of interest
A homeopathic medicine case
1837 sketch of two warriors on the Platte River shows a mix of European and native-made goods
A map of Chicago in 1833
An amputation set from 1835
A sketch showing the integration of colonists and natives by the Wolf Point Tavern in Chicago, commonly shortened to just 'Wolf Tavern'
The Interior Hut of a Mandan Chief about 1833
Vestiges of Fort Dearborn at the mouth of the Chicago River before it was dismantled in 1837
This is a rare view looking west on South Water Street possibly in the 1830s Hogan’s store was at South Water and Market Streets while Wolf Point Tavern can be seen in the distance
Mark Beaubien's Tavern. The Sauganash, in 1835, Chicago.
Ketchup was originally sold as medicine in 1835
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