Was Chicago named after a wild onion?

Chicago is a fractious city, full of unresolved contradictions. A heap of concrete and metal, it looms over the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, by turns both elegant and brutal. Known for political corruption and crime, the Windy City is also the beating heart of liberalism and culture in the midst of America’s more traditionally conservative midwest. Incorporated in 1833, Chicago has evolved from a small settlement to the third largest city in the United States, home to one of the world’s busiest airports and …