Author: Illinois. Railroad and Warehouse CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Annual Report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois
Author: Illinois. Railroad and Warehouse CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: Illinois. Railroad and Warehouse CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Reports to the General Assembly of Illinois ...
Author: IllinoisThe Iron Road in the Prairie State
Author: Simon CorderyPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253019125
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
In 1836, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas agreed on one thing: Illinois needed railroads. Over the next fifty years, the state became the nation's railroad hub, with Chicago at its center. Speculators, greed, growth, and regulation followed as the railroad industry consumed unprecedented amounts of capital and labor. A nationwide market resulted, and the Windy City became the site of opportunities and challenges that remain to this day. In this first-of-its-kind history, full of entertaining anecdotes and colorful characters, Simon Cordery describes the explosive growth of Illinois railroads and its impact on America. Cordery shows how railroading in Illinois influenced railroad financing, the creation of a national economy, and government regulation of business. Cordery's masterful chronicle of rail development in Illinois from 1837 to 2010 reveals how the state's expanding railroads became the foundation of the nation's rail network.
A History of Chicago, Volume II
Author: Bessie Louise PiercePublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226668401
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The first major history of Chicago ever written, A History of Chicago covers the city’s great history over two centuries, from 1673 to 1893. Originally conceived as a centennial history of Chicago, the project became, under the guidance of renowned historian Bessie Louise Pierce, a definitive, three-volume set describing the city’s growth—from its humble frontier beginnings to the horrors of the Great Fire, the construction of some of the world’s first skyscrapers, and the opulence of the 1893 World’s Fair. Pierce and her assistants spent over forty years transforming historical records into an inspiring human story of growth and survival. Rich with anecdotal evidence and interviews with the men and women who made Chicago great, all three volumes will now be available for the first time in years. A History of Chicago will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know this great city and its place in America. “With this rescue of its history from the bright, impressionable newspapermen and from the subscription-volumes, Chicago builds another impressive memorial to its coming of age, the closing of its first ‘century of progress.’”—E. D. Branch, New York Times (1937)
Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois
Author: IllinoisCatalogue of Books Added to the Library of Congress During the Year 1872
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Catalogue of Books Added to the Library of Congress
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Catalogue of Books Added to the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress. Catalog, 1868Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
A History of Chicago
Author: Bessie Louise PiercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description