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The 1890s were an extraordinary decade for Chicago, perhaps the only period in the city's history when its status as a "world city" would be disputed by few. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in 1893.
Map of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R.R. Map of the north-central United States showing relief by hachures, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, wagon roads, and railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Incorporated February 12, 1849, as the Aurora Branch Railroad.
The 1890s were an extraordinary decade for Chicago, perhaps the only period in the city's history when its status as a "world city" would be disputed by few. The World's Columbian Exposition was held in 1893. "Prairie-school" architects like Frank Lloyd Wright began to acquire a measure of fame.
16 mar 2020 · 1893 maps of Chicago (1 C, 18 F) 1. 1894 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (160 F) 1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County ... Cook County, Illinois (239 F) Media in category "1890s maps of Chicago" The following 24 files are in this category, out of 24 total. 1890 Chicago map by Rand ...
State Library of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Exhibitions. Official guide to the World's Columbian Exposition in the city of Chicago, State of Illinois, May 1 to October 26, 1893.
Phelps, Fanning & Co. map of Chicago from Fanning’s Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States
held in Chicago in 1893. sent the city’s waste south to the Illinois River instead of into Lake Michigan. The new canal doubled as the main shipping route, replacing the old Illinois and Michigan Canal. — New City Forged by Fire — The single cataclysmic event that shaped the future of the city was the Great Chicago
