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A history of the Chicago portage : the crossroads that made Chicago and helped make America / Benjamin Sells.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sells, Benjamin, author.
- Series:
- Second to none: Chicago stories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Portages--Illinois--Chicago--History.
- Portages.
- Navigation--Illinois--Chicago--History.
- Navigation.
- Navigation--Great Lakes (North America)--History.
- History.
- Chicago (Ill.)--History.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Illinois and Michigan Canal (Ill.)--History.
- Illinois and Michigan Canal (Ill.).
- Chicago Portage National Historic Site (Ill.)--History.
- Chicago Portage National Historic Site (Ill.).
- Great Lakes.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Illinois--Chicago Portage National Historic Site.
- Illinois--Illinois and Michigan Canal.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "This fascinating account explores the significance of the Chicago Portage, one of the most important-and neglected-sites in early US history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. From Glaciers to Industrious Beavers
- 2. Prehistoric Chicago
- 3. Commerce and the Cross
- 4. The Eighteenth-Century Background
- 5. Fort Dearborn
- 6. The Metis Effect
- 7. Chicago, Wisconsin?
- 8. The Portage in Transition
- 9. The Coming of the Canal
- 10. Where Was the Chicago Portage?
- 11. "A History of Chicanery"
- 12. The Past and Future of a National Historic Site.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780810143906
- 0810143909
- OCLC:
- 1223017049
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