The Strangers' Guide to the City of Chicago


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The Strangers' Guide to the City of Chicago


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Excerpt from The Strangers' Guide to the City of Chicago: Gives the Location of Places of Amusement, Banks, Cemeteries, Churches, City Offices, Educational Institutes, Freight Offices, Foreign Consuls, Hotels, Hospitals and Asylums Still occupying the building we erected immediately after the great fire, we offer induce ments to buyers which cannot be surpassed. As our building is inexpenswe, we have neither high rents nor a large amount of interest to pay, and we consequently are not compelled to these items (which constitute the chief part of expense) to the small margin we aim to make on our goods. Remember that we carry in store the largest and most complete stock of wagon and carriage woods in the West, and we cannot be beat in quality or price. Are Sole Agents for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Chicago, a Strangers and Tourists Guide to the City of Chicago


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Excerpt from Chicago, a Strangers and Tourists Guide to the City of Chicago: Containing Reminiscences of Chicago in the Early Day; An Account of the Rise and Progress of the City; Description of Public Buildings, Churches, Schools and Objects of Interest; Etc The next successor to the first white man's provements, was Mr. John Kinzie, at that time living across the lake at St. Joseph, one of the oldest Jesuit missionary stations in the Northwest. He it was who was the first permanent white resident of Chicago, and who inaugurated its career of trade and created the nucleus around which the metropolis of the Northwest has reared itself. What Romulus was to Rome, John Kinzie was to Chicago, - its founder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.