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Search - Checagou: From Indian Wigwam To Modern City 1673-1835

Checagou From Indian Wigwam To Modern City 16731835
Author: Milo M. Quaife

Text extracted from opening pages of book: Checagou From Indian Wigwam to Modern City 1673-1835 Y MILO M. QUAIPE The University of Chicago Press Chicago Illinois COPYRIGHT 1933 BY MILO M. QUAIFE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PUBLISHED JUNE 1933 COMPOSED AND PRINTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U. S. A. To DOROTHY BARBARA AND MAR... more »Y LOUISE 5480976 FOREWORD This little volume seeks to present in simple language which anyone may read and enjoy the story of the forces responsible for the existence of modern Chicago. Twenty years ago, in a volume now out of print, I covered the same general subject. My present narrative utilizes to some ex tent the earlier one. It contains, in addition, the results of two added decades of study and reflection. In this period much new material has come to light, and some former er rors have been disclosed. If my story of how Chicago came to be shall bring pleasure as well as instruction to the read er, my object in writing it will have been realized. MlLO M. QUAIFE BURTON HISTORICAL COLLECTION DETROIT TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. IN THE BEGINNING i II. THE FIRST QUARTER-CENTURY 12 III. THE FIRST CITIZEN OF CHICAGO 28 IV. MAD ANTHONY'S DEAL IN REAL ESTATE 47 V. FORT DEARBORN AND ITS BUILDER 63 VI. TRADER KINZIE AND His NEIGHBORS 88 VIL WAR COMES TO CHICAGO 108 VIII. THE JOURNEY OF DEATH 124 IX. SOME WHO SURVIVED 135 X. CIVILIZATION RETURNS TO CHICAGO 156 XL THE BIRTH OF A METROPOLIS 175 INDEX J 95 i-x CHAPTER I IN THE BEGINNING Although Marco Polo never heard of Chicago, its story really begins with him. More than two thousand years ago the people of Greece and Rome developed a splendid and luxurious civilization, whose achievements in many realms modern man still vainly aspires to surpass. With the de cline of the Roman Empire, however, its glories and its luxuries vanished, and over Western Europe settled the eclipse of the Dark Ages. With the decay of government and commerce went the decline of the great cities of an tiquity. Poverty and ignorance replaced the ancient wealth and culture, and life became correspondingly rude and mean. Dwellings became poor, clothing coarse, diet mo notonous, and sanitation a thing unknown. To the materi al welfare of the ancient Roman the resources of the entire world had contributed. To the European dweller of the Dark Ages, only the limited resources of his own immediate region were available. All people cherish those articles which promote comfort able and luxurious living. The ancient civilization had arisen in the Orient, and in the East the Roman Empire lived on for a thousand years after its disappearance frqpi Western Europe. All through the Dark Ages, therefore, the East continued to bfe the home of luxury and culture* people of Western Europe envied the wealth of the longed to enjoy its characteristic products of

ISBN-13: 9781406758023
ISBN-10: 1406758027
Publication Date: 3/15/2007
Pages: 228
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Publisher: Quaife Press
Book Type: Paperback
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