Chicago, a history and forecast . go lay at the headof navigation of the Great Lakes, and by the Erie Canalhad uninterrupted water communication with New YorkCity. By means of the Illinois and Michigan Canal thecity early essayed to make connection with the navigablewaters of the Mississippi, but before the years of delayand disappointment which the execution of this enter-prise entailed were over, it had become evident that theimportance of the canal as an instrument of transporta-tion was waning, and that other measures for tappnigthe back country were essential. 25 In the lead mine region o
Chicago, a history and forecast . go lay at the headof navigation of the Great Lakes, and by the Erie Canalhad uninterrupted water communication with New YorkCity. By means of the Illinois and Michigan Canal thecity early essayed to make connection with the navigablewaters of the Mississippi, but before the years of delayand disappointment which the execution of this enter-prise entailed were over, it had become evident that theimportance of the canal as an instrument of transporta-tion was waning, and that other measures for tappnigthe back country were essential. 25 In the lead mine region of northwestern Illinois therehad begun about the year 1821 an era of vigorous ex-ploitation and development, and within a few years themining country was dotted with thriving villages andtowns. Chief among these was Galena, whose aspira-tions equalled, and whose present commercial achieve-ments excelled, those of Chicago. The Mississippi af-forded the mines their only commercial outlet, and their R EAL ESTATEOmcE\¥)Tj- -. This is the Chicago undaunted, the picture which you talkabout to your childrens children. It may seem to suggestChicagos day off with nothing doing. Not so. It shows thefirst building put up in the burned district after the fire, theoffice of W. D. Kerfoot, and this is the challenge and promisewhich this resolute Chicagoan flung forth to the world—andthe Chicago Historical Society has the original board shown onthe left of the house: W. D. KERFOOT IS AT 59 UNION PARK GONE BUT WIFE, CHILDREN AND ENERGY. Mark the energy. Thats why Chicago is here today. This first structure became a city directory, as signs were tacked all over it telling the whereabouts of business firms. Permission of Chicago Historical Society. principal trade connections were with St. Louis andNew Orleans. But with the development of the lake-board cities there arose in the mines an insistent demandfor an eastern commercial outlet. Milwaukee and Chi- 26 cago were quick
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