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A History of the Chicago Portage: The Crossroads That Made Chicago and Helped Make America - Second to None: Chicago Stories Benjamin Sells
A History of the Chicago Portage: The Crossroads That Made Chicago and Helped Make America - Second to None: Chicago Stories
Benjamin Sells
Explores the significance of the Chicago Portage, one of the most important - and neglected - sites in early US history. A seven-mile-long strip of marsh connecting the Chicago and Des Plaines Rivers, the portage was inhabited by the earliest indigenous people in the Midwest and served as a major trade route for Native American tribes.
272 pages, 47 black & white images
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 15, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9780810143906 |
| Publishers | Northwestern University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 340 g |
