Editing Joliet, Illinois (section)

==History==
In 1673, [[Louis Jolliet]], along with Father [[Jacques Marquette]], paddled up the Des Plaines River and camped on a huge earthwork mound, a few miles south of present-day Joliet.<ref name="encychi">{{Cite book|author1=Grossman, James R. |author2=Keating, Ann Durkin |author3=Reiff, Janice L. |title=Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago|year=2005|orig-year=2004|edition=Online|page=676|publisher=Chicago Historical Society, Newberry Library|location=Chicago|isbn=0-226-31015-9|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/676.html|oclc=60342627}}</ref> Maps from Jolliet's exploration of the area showed a large hill or mound down river from Chicago, labeled Mont Joliet.<ref name="1674-map">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/11574.html|title=Jolliet's Map of New France, 1674|website=The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago|access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref> The mound has since been flattened due to [[mining]].

In 1833, following the [[Black Hawk War]], Charles Reed built a cabin along the west side of the [[Des Plaines River]]. Across the river in 1834, James B. Campbell, treasurer of the canal commissioners, laid out the village of "Juliet", a corruption of "Joliet" that was also in use at the time. Just before the economic depression of 1837, Juliet incorporated as a village, but to cut tax expenses, Juliet residents soon petitioned the state to rescind that incorporation.

In 1845, local residents changed the community's name from "Juliet" to "Joliet", reflecting the original name. Joliet was reincorporated as a city in 1852. Cornelius Covenhoven Van Horne was active in getting the city its first [[City Charter|charter]], and because of this, he was elected Joliet's first [[mayor]]. When the city later built a new bridge, it was named the Van Horne Bridge.<ref name="ft">{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/o/y/Robert-C-Boyett/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0600.html|title=Robert-C-Boyett - User Trees - Genealogy.com|website=www.genealogy.com|access-date=May 2, 2018}}</ref>