. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . Fort PorteJ. claimed by both sides. TheBritish besieged Fort Erie,but their attacks were re-pulsed and the siege finallyraised. It was blown upwhen the Americans aban-doned it, and its shatteredwalls to-day form the mostinteresting historical relicnear the city. The Erie Canal was com-pleted in 1825, when thepopulation of Buffalo num-bered 2,600. With this andthe rapid development ofthe West began the tide ofprosperity that has markedthe citys subsequent first railroad came in1842, and for many yearsafter t
. Detroit, "The city of the strait"; historical, descriptive, illustrated . Fort PorteJ. claimed by both sides. TheBritish besieged Fort Erie,but their attacks were re-pulsed and the siege finallyraised. It was blown upwhen the Americans aban-doned it, and its shatteredwalls to-day form the mostinteresting historical relicnear the city. The Erie Canal was com-pleted in 1825, when thepopulation of Buffalo num-bered 2,600. With this andthe rapid development ofthe West began the tide ofprosperity that has markedthe citys subsequent first railroad came in1842, and for many yearsafter the Michigan CentralRailroad purchased andRed Jacket Monument. completed its line from De- troit through the State of Michigan, connection was made withit by steamers from Buffalo, as well as by stagecoaches fromCanada, the time being reduced in 1848 to two days and a half,when, as the advertisements enthusiastically claimed, in eightdays passengers can go the whole distance from Chicago to NewYork. The population of Buffalo had grown to 30,000 in1845, while that of Chicago was but 12
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