missionary: sb. who has a mission; kind of messenger

explorer: sb. who tries to find out sth. à (to) explore

(to) traverse: (to) go through

1779:

carpenter: workman who makes and repairs the wooden parts of buildings and other structures of wood

distiller: sb. who makes liquids like whiskey

(to) contract a marriage: (to) marry

1833:

(to) incorporate a town: (to) found a town

extent: area, range à (to) extend

(to) derive: (to) come from

(to) denote: (to) have the meaning of

(to) apply sth. to sth. : (to) use sth. for sth.

(to) assert: (to) claim

1833-1835:

legislature: parliament

1840:

(to) self-support: (to) earn enough money to be independent

(to) establish: (to) introduce

charter: document; deed

(to) maintain: (to) keep up

superintendent: sb. who takes care of sth. ; sb. who manages sth.

1848:

lead mines: places where lead is saved; lead=sth. that is in a pencil

(to) charter: (to) rent

(to) grant: (to) say sth. is ok

(to) triple: (to) become more , three times as much

seal: kind of sign

Chicago Police Department:

board: commission; commitee

ordinance: order

precinct: a special area

(to) proclaim: (to) make sth. popular

matron: a female policeman

(to) assign: (to) give an order

duty: sth. that has to be done

1860:

convention: conference of members of a society or a political party

ballot: piece of paper used in secret votes

delegation: group of delegates or deputies

1861-1865:

(to) issue: (to) give an order

(to) furnish sb./sth.: (to) supply

(to) assemble companies: (to) make troups ready

mourn: kind of sadness

1865:

pasture: place where cattle finds food

advent: appearance

eventually: in the end

consolidated: united

decline: bad development; gradual and continued loss of strength

(to) flourish: (to) be in the heyday

1867:

cart: two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse

gallon: unit of volume

fund: sum of money

1869:

landmark: symbol,emblem,very important sign

(to) raise: (to) pull , (to) free place

traffic jam: a lot of cars which can`t drive away

1871:

blaze: fire

property loss: the loss of owned things

evidence: sth. you need to notice sth. ; proof

1873:

subscription library: a library where books can be lent

1885:

basement: stone that houses are built on

accomplishment: service

1893:

notably: evident

(to) commemorate sth.: (to) memorize

enterprise: being brave enough to do sth.

ingenuity: kind of creativeness

contender: sb. who fights against sb.

determination: certainty

little more than a swamp: shabby

fabulous: legendary

fountain: place where water can be drawn

acclaim: reputation

permanent stone: a stone that can`t be demolished

1903:

scenery: decoration

1915:

steamer: a ship that smokes

1942:

release: publication

chain: flexible line of connected rings

1943:

clay: sticky earth

1967:

tremendous: horrible

detection: discovery

sprinkler head: sth. to put the fire out

1973:

roof: the highest point of a house