John Kinzie Clark

John Kinzie Clark (1792–1865) was a trader and trapper who was a prominent early settler in the Chicago area. He was raised by Native Americans who called him Nonimoa or Prairie Wolf. Clark first arrived at Fort Dearborn in 1818.^[1] In 1830, Clark settled in the vicinity of today's Jefferson Park area where he built a log cabin on the prairie.^[2] Hired to carry mail by horseback between Chicago and Milwaukee, he would make stops in Deerfield with provisions for early settlers there.^[3] Clark eventually moved to Deerfield where he is buried at the Deerfield Cemetery.^[4]

Prairie Wolf Slough, a forest preserve in Deerfield, Illinois just north of Deerfield High School is named for Clark using his Native American name.

References

^ http://www.deerfieldhistoricalsociety.org/history.html
^ http://www.jeffersonpark.net/modules/jphistory.htm
^ http://www.deerfieldhistoricalsociety.org/history.html
^ http://www.deerfieldhistoricalsociety.org/history.html

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Name	Clark, John Kinzie
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Date of birth	1792
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Date of death	1865
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