Chicago And Illinois Miscellanies PDF Download

Excerpt from A Great City and State: The Story of Chicago and Illinois Many seasons passed and finally warm weather in the North stopped an advancing ice blanket. As the forward tip of the glacier gradually melted, it left the great lake that was to act as a divide for the waters of the region. NO man was here to witness the beginning of a young city. No man was here to see a river formed, the river that's shaped like a Y, but the fact remains that the receding river of ice left Nature's gift to us. It left your heritage and mine: a chain of lakes and a system of rivers affording natural transportation unrivalled in North America; a broad, fertile plain and a stretch Of virgin forest rich hinterland for the Red Man who was to come, for the white man who was to follow. 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.