The I & M Canal is universally considered the driving force behind the huge surge of growth that turned the tiny settlement on the banks of Lake Michigan named Chicago, in to a huge metropolis and bustling center of trade. Ever since Joliet first crossed the portage between the Chicago River and the Des Plaines River in 1673, explorers, investors, politicians, and farmers alike all agreed that constructing a canal across the continental divide could benefit them greatly. The canal would connect
the river was connected to Lake Michigan, the source of water for Chicago residents, drinking water became polluted and disease spread rapidly thought the city. Within months, waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid killed more than 3000 people per year. In 1836 construction began on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Unfortunately money was scarce and Canal commissioners had to construct a cheaper and more shallow canal where pumps were used to fill the canal. This did not solve the Epidemics
Mississippi River through the Des Plaines River and linked in the other direction to Lake Michigan and the rest of the Great Lakes. At intervals, a fountain sprays over the river, creating a picturesque scene for tourists. At Navy Pier and areas on the river’s banks, boat tours are offered of the river and history lessons given by some of the boat operators. On particular tours, you are taken out on Lake Michigan and given a chance to enjoy the view of the city. It is a sight like no other and the tours
The Erie Canal and Western Development To what extent did the construction and use of the Erie Canal impact the amount of western settlement and expansion in the United States? A. Plan of the Investigation: The focus of the investigation is to what extent did the construction and use of the Erie Canal impact the amount of western settlement and expansion in the United States? The study will analyze how economic opportunities that began in 1825 with the completion of the Erie Canal, affected
or Le Bourgeois of the Illinois outfit. Deschamps took Hubbard, his apprentice clerk who shares his passion for the history of discovery, to Marquette’s grave. They made the trip around Lake Michigan to the Chicago River in twenty days. Hubbard died in Chicago in 1886, the year Louis Sullivan began work on the Auditorium Theater and Hotel. He was the men who came to Chicago when there was no Chicago to go to, they eulogized him as the man responsible for bringing the canal to Chicago, making it the
the city, Chicago was home to the Miami, Sauk, Fox, and Potawatomi tribes. Fort Dearborn, which was built on the south bank of the Chicago River in 1803, was destroyed in 1812 and rebuilt in 1816. In 1830, lots were sold to finance the Illinois and Michigan Canal, thus paving way for the great city we now call Chicago. The Black Hawk War of 1832 ended the final phase of the Native American resistance in the northern area. Chicago became a town in 1833 and rapidly incorporated into a city four years
complexity and cost had taken place before in the US. With approval from the New York legislature in 1817, the Erie Canal was built. The 364-mile waterway from Lake Erie to the Hudson River would become the longest artificial waterway in the US during this time. When the first option opened in 1819, it was 75 miles long and it immediately generated enough revenue to repay its cost. The Erie Canal brought prosperity to the farmers of central and western New York by carrying wheat, flour and meat to eastern
Joliet, Illinois Anchored in the heart of the crossroads of Mid-America; Joliet, IL is the fourth-largest city in Illinois and the second most populous city in Will County with over 150,000 diverse residents. Situated approximately 40 miles southwest of Central Chicago, Joliet has been nationally recognized as a transportation hub, where interstates, waterways, and railways meet. The city of Joliet has a total area of 62.77 square miles which 62.11 square miles is land 0.66 square miles is water
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs 363 miles from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks which allows a boat to go from one level of a water to another level lower by raising the water level in one section which lets the boat move from one lock to the next. By doing this, the Erie Canal makes a once non-accessible waterway a common mean of transportation
On May 27, 1837 born in Troy Grove, Illinois John Butler Hickok was the child of William Alonzo Hickok and Polly Butler Hickok. Hickok had a total of four brothers and two sisters. His parents were strict and had high expectations for him. When his parents operated a part of the underground railroad, Hickok found a passion for guns. His passion for guns originated when he and his father were chased by police officers because the police assumed that they were carrying people in their wagon and not
Will County is home to a number of historical landmarks, famous figures, and a plethora of history. It was not always as built up as parts of it are now; Some two hundred years prior, Will County was a land of prairies in which it was farmed and hunted by the Potawatomi Indian tribe. The first established settlement in the boundaries of the county were made by a man named Jesse Walker in 1826. He named it Walker’s Grove, and worked with Potawatomi in the areas of agriculture, milling, and trading
achieve this goal, the French built forts and missionaries along their surest way of travel, rivers and lakes. By the middle of the eighteenth century, settled populations were beginning to take hold at Detroit and Green Bay and in what was called the Illinois country (<a href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov">http://lcweb2.loc.gov</a>). The great currency of the French empire in North America was, however, the fur trade. Canoes were used to float the furs down a series of waterways from the area around the
Crappie action is in lakes Norfolk, Bull Shoals, Ouachita, Hamilton, Greeson, and Sugar Loaf. Gas lanterns or sealed beam lights are used, and directed down into 20-to-60 foot deep water. Minnows are choice bait. FLORIDA: The Lake Okeechobee Rim Canal (especially around the cuts through
religion leads only to confusion. Bibliography: Works Cited Dombrowski, Daniel A. A Brief, Liberal, Catholic Defense of Abortion. Illinois: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, 2000. Miller, Gary. Notes from and interpretations of The Jewish Talmud. (Acquired through personal interview). The Holy Bible: NIV version. Michigan: Grand Rapids. Zondervan Publishing House, 1994. Ward, F. Is the Fetus a Person? The Bible's View. 15 Jan. 2001. Religion and Choice
The Holland Tunnel The concept for the Holland Tunnel was developed in 1906.1 In 1906, a coalition of the New York State and New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission began studies for a bridge connecting lower Manhattan to Jersey City, New Jersey.2 By the end of World War I (1918), the number of cars and trucks on U.S. roads had skyrocketed. This trend did not differ in the streets of New York City.3 At this time the Hudson River ferries were carrying about 30 million vehicles each
On an uncommonly balmy afternoon in late November, I peer out the window of the Springfield-Vandalia stagecoach. Whereas I should be full of excitement over attending my first session as a legislator, I can’t stop thinking about the embarrassment I suffered a few days ago in Judge Green’s makeshift courtroom. When Berry and I gave Billy Greene our note for the purchase of his store, he assigned it—without advising us—to Reuben Radford from whom he had previously bought the business. Radford then