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What we now know as downtown Chicago (the Loop district), was once a United States military fort. It burned to the ground on August 15, 1812. Now a concrete metropolis, the wild and rugged wilderness of the area is a fleeting memory.

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Army of the Northwest,
Fort Dearborn Massacre,
Torched in quarter hour,
The loop, the loop.

Cold windy city,
Michigan shore be still,
Mackinac the fallen,
The loop, the loop.

Bears and bison overhauled,
We forged a kingdom to fall,
Palisades built tall.

Southward we ride,
Michigan shore be still,
Wells your heart your valor,
The loop, the loop.

May the four winds bless your namesake,
Fort Dearborn Massacre,
Forlorn frontiersman,
The loop, the loop.

Bears and bison overhauled,
We forged a kingdom to fall,
Palisades built tall.

Bears and bison overhauled,
We forged a kingdom to fall,
Palisades built tall.

Army of the Northwest,
Fort Dearborn Massacre,
Torched in quarter hour,
The loop, the loop.

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from Fair Mitten (New Songs of the Historic Great Lakes Basin), released September 22, 2017

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Gifts or Creatures Kalamazoo, Michigan

Gifts or Creatures is the musical pursuit of husband-wife Brandon and Bethany Foote. The couple fuses a blend of Midwestern folklore, old-world history and cinematic soundscapes to create a trove of antique Americana.

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