Chicago owes its existence to the Chicago River. Had the Chicago portage French explorers Jolliet and Marquette used to access the Mississippi River system not been so near to Lake Michigan, the city would never have developed into the nation s central transcontinental shipping point. The Chicago River: A Natural and Unnatural History presents the story of the making and perpetual remaking of the river by everything from preglacial forces to the interventions of the emerging and mighty city of Chicago. Libby Hill brings together years of original research and the contributions of...
Chicago owes its existence to the Chicago River. Had the Chicago portage French explorers Jolliet and Marquette used to access the Mississippi River s...
