Bibliograph

Chicago and its makers, a narrative of events from the day of the first white man to the inception of the Second World's Fair, by Paul Gilbert and Charles Lee Bryson ; with a chapter on Chicago hotels and restaurants by Wallace Rice ; Caroline M. McIlvaine, historical advisor

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Chicago and its makers, a narrative of events from the day of the first white man to the inception of the Second World's Fair, by Paul Gilbert and Charles Lee Bryson ; with a chapter on Chicago hotels and restaurants by Wallace Rice ; Caroline M. McIlvaine, historical advisor

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chicago and its makers

Oclc number

2935099

Responsibility statement

by Paul Gilbert and Charles Lee Bryson ; with a chapter on Chicago hotels and restaurants by Wallace Rice ; Caroline M. McIlvaine, historical advisor

Sub title

a narrative of events from the day of the first white man to the inception of the Second World's Fair

Table Of Contents

An odyssey of the wilderness. Firebrand or Calumet ; A dream of empire ; Visitors at the Guardian Angel ; A message from the Great White Father ; "Well educated, but much in the French interest" -- Soldiers in the woods -- Fort Dearborn days and the Kinzies. The tomahawk wins for the time ; A new Fort Dearborn rises from the ashes ; The Winnebago scare -- Chicago becomes a town. Evolution of Cook County ; First town meeting ; Municipal problems ; Ferries and bridges ; Schools ; Sale of school lands ; Rising from the mud ; Fire hazards ; Water supply ; Newspapers ; Pioneer industries ; Insurance ; Panic of 1837 ; Social life ; Churches -- Chicago becomes a city. Courts ; Public health -- City schools -- First cultural institutions. Chicago Lyceum ; Mechanics Institute ; Young Men's Association ; Historical Society -- Theatres -- Daily papers -- Cemeteries -- The canal is begun -- Early banking -- First railroad -- Extending the boundaries. First serious fire -- Earliest meat packers -- Grain shipments begin -- Park system -- Metropolitan consciousness -- River and harbor convention -- The canal is completed -- Early railroads. Galena and Chicago Union ; Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company ; Illinois Central Railroad Company ; The Wabash ; The Michigan Central -- Board of Trade -- Chicago a port of entry -- Coming of the reaping machine -- Flood of 1849 -- Theatrical renaissance. Opera in Chicago ; Musical organizations -- Civic improvements. Changing the grade ; Water supply ; First gas plant ; Street cars

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