Re: Bullshead?
Date: March 12, 2013 05:27PM
nordsider Wrote:
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> In 1848, Matthew Laflin bought land, and laid out
> the city's first stockyard, and set up a Bull's
> Head Tavern and hotel for the convenience of
> cattlemen. So, perhaps the location of this
> stockyard and hotel may be the origin of
> "Bullshead".
I saw some mention of the tavern, but the references I found put it at Madison and Ogden. That doesn't fit with the original articles statement that it was a nearby neighborhood to Bucktown, Humboldt Park (same paragraph) or possibly the abductees home at 976 W 18th Pl.