Day 16: Pioneers, oh Pioneers...

     Sometime in the 1780s, a Haitian explorer by the name of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable sailed into what is now known as the mouth of the Chicago River and decided to set up a home there.  Little did he know at that point that his humble abode would turn into a city of 3 million people.  However, it did and du Sable has gone down in History as the founder of Chicago.  Numerous accolades have been accorded to him as such, but one of the more permanent and noteworthy memorials has been the dedication of Pioneer Court.  In 1965, the Equitable Life Assurance Society of America building was being constructed, and the site of du Sable's first home was developed into a plaza that would be called Pioneer Court.  Situated in the middle of the Michigan-Wacker Historic District, Pioneer Court is a mere stone's throw from many Chicago landmarks, such as the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, NBC Tower, the Billy Goat Tavern, the Michigan Avenue Bridge(among others), and one statue from the past that we will be examining in the very next entry.