. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . CHICAGO IN 1830. CHAPTER V. CHICAGO AND ITS MAKERS — THE CITY OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IftSy -jfai W^m jssfijl wmft 191 -^^°^S HE first purpose of our tourists was to see Chicagp,the wonder of the West. They began at the Art Palace, where the statue ofLa Salle met their view on the boulevard, bringingto mind those December days of 1681, when the boldexplorer coasted along the southern shore of LakeMichigan, and ascended the Chicago River, on his way to the Missis-sippi. Did he dream on that day that he entered the Chi
. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . CHICAGO IN 1830. CHAPTER V. CHICAGO AND ITS MAKERS — THE CITY OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IftSy -jfai W^m jssfijl wmft 191 -^^°^S HE first purpose of our tourists was to see Chicagp,the wonder of the West. They began at the Art Palace, where the statue ofLa Salle met their view on the boulevard, bringingto mind those December days of 1681, when the boldexplorer coasted along the southern shore of LakeMichigan, and ascended the Chicago River, on his way to the Missis-sippi. Did he dream on that day that he entered the Chicago thatthe live city of the West would be there ? There were great arches of bridges between the statue and theArt Palace, and all the world seemed passing to the railroad and theboats. The Lake rolled in splendor before the towering buildings,but everything, the Art Palace included, seemed discolored withsmoke. The doors of the great Art Palace stood open, as it were, to. ,1 -■ . STi- i **t| *>•■ VIS
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