Becker Tavern, Illinois 1880's

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John Klawitter

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Becker Tavern, Illinois 1880's

Two Saloons (one Becker Tavern), Chicago South Side, Illinois, in the 1880's: Charles Becker was a cousin to the Weishaar family that homesteaded in 1843 along the Sauk Trail just east and south of St. Ann's prairie chapel.

Date & Place: circa 1880 at Becker Tavern in Chicago SouthSide, Illinois United States of America

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