Growing up around the Chicagoland area, I was very aware of one particular street in Chicago that was famous. It is Wells Street. I had no knowledge of for whom it was named, it was just Wells Street, a great place to party and eat even back in the 60s and continuing into today.
As it turns out, it was named for William Wells who died at the Fort Dearborn Massacre on August 15, 1812. And, this guy had a very interesting life before his untimely death, which I will get to tomorrow.
Wells Street is a major north-south road in Chicago with Comiskey Park (in Chicago,we don't call it by that "other" name) to the south and a whole lot of restaurants and bars north of the Loop. For several blocks downtown, Wells Street is under the famous Chicago "L" elevated train tracks. This would be where Jackson and Adams cross under it for you Route 66 fans.
If I recall right, during the old hippie days, Wells Street to the north of downtown was considered the Haight-Asbury of Chicago. Lots of hippie folk, head shops and people looking at them hanging around.
A man and his road.
Like I Said, Wells Had a Very Varied Life. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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