. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . dbegan his explorations from Montrealin 1669. Discovering the Ohio River,he travelled down possibly as far asits junction with the Mississippi andthen returned. The winter of 1679La Salle passed at a post above Ni-agara Falls, where he built his famousship, the Griffin, in which he sailedup the Great Lakesi to Lake Michigan,and which he sent back laden withfurs, in the hope of satisfying theclaim
. The greatest highway in the world; historical, industrial and descriptive information of the towns, cities and country passed through between New York and Chicago via the New York Central Lines .. . dbegan his explorations from Montrealin 1669. Discovering the Ohio River,he travelled down possibly as far asits junction with the Mississippi andthen returned. The winter of 1679La Salle passed at a post above Ni-agara Falls, where he built his famousship, the Griffin, in which he sailedup the Great Lakesi to Lake Michigan,and which he sent back laden withfurs, in the hope of satisfying theclaims of his creditors, while he him-self proceeded westward. In 1682,after many adventures, he floated downto the mouth of the Mississippi, wherehe erected a monument and cross, tookpossession of the region in the name ofLouis XIV and named it he returned there two yearslater with four vessels he mistook theinlets of Matagorda Bay, in the pres-ent state of Texas, for the mouth of abranch of the Mississippi and landed there. Fruitlessly wandering through the wil-derness in search of the Mississippi River, the Illinois country and Canada, he waskilled by his followers in March, was so named by the Indians from the shape of an island, nearthe centre of the city, formed by the junction of the tworivers, the St. Joe and the Elkhart, which make many turnsand windings here. There are several parks, in one of which,McNaughton Park, a Chautauqua assembly is held annually. 114 THE GREATEST HIGHWAY IN THE WORLD Elkhart is a city of factories. Band instruments, furni-ture, telephone supplies, drugs, carriages, and many otherproducts are included among its manufactures, which havean annual value of more than $15,000,000. Two Mennonite papers are published here. -•; 915*. M. SOUTH BEND, Pop. 70,983. (Train 3 passes5:30; Np. 41, 10:38; No. 25, 7AS; No. 19, 1:43. Eastbound:No. 6 passes 12:20; No. 26, 2:22; No. 16, 3:32; No. 22, 7:45.)South Bend is situated on the St. Josep
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