
Episode 370: Spooky Woods
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The Fort Dearborn Massacre
Watburn Robinson lived in the reservation until 1872 when he died at the age of 110 years old. His family and their descendants continued to call it home for decades, this like tract of land,. Only left after a fire in 1955, which burnt down the original homestead. And now it's like a park. But Robinson and his family are buried there. Oh shit. There's a big stone mark to mark the grave. It is called the Fort Dearborn Massacre. A tragic triple homicide happened near here. The boys were friends and John and Anton were brothers. They had gone downtown for the day to see a movie and they just never came back home. This was October 16
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