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The Bertha Palmer, Queen of Chicago Society and wife of a famous hotel owner Potter Palmer, asked the hotel chef to create a special treat for her society friends
to take to Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair) of 1893.. This treat is still being served at the hotel
John Gates made his fortune in barbed wire, steel, and oil. His brother-in-law Edward Baker and his Gate's wife niece Dellora Angell were the beneficiaries. Dellora married her childhood sweetheart Lester Norris. All three became philanthropists giving St. Charles millions of dollars including Hotel Baker, Arcada Theatre, Baker Center, St Charles Municipal Center just to name a few.
