Main entry:

Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas), 1876-1953.

Title & Author:

Chicago and its makers : a narrative of events from the day of the first white man to the inception of the Second World's Fair / by Paul Gilbert and Charles Lee Bryson ; with a chapter on Chicago hotels and restaurants by Wallace Rice ; Caroline M. McIlvaine, historical advisor.

Publication:

Chicago : F. Mendelsohn, 1929.

Description:

xvi, 1085 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm

Notes:
"Portraits and sketches": pages [601]-1071.
Includes indexes.
An odyssey of the wilderness. Firebrand or Calumet ; A dream of empire ; Visitors at the Guardian Angel ; A message from the Great White Father ; "Well educated, but much in the French interest" -- Soldiers in the woods -- Fort Dearborn days and the Kinzies. The tomahawk wins for the time ; A new Fort Dearborn rises from the ashes ; The Winnebago scare -- Chicago becomes a town. Evolution of Cook County ; First town meeting ; Municipal problems ; Ferries and bridges ; Schools ; Sale of school lands ; Rising from the mud ; Fire hazards ; Water supply ; Newspapers ; Pioneer industries ; Insurance ; Panic of 1837 ; Social life ; Churches -- Chicago becomes a city. Courts ; Public health -- City schools -- First cultural institutions. Chicago Lyceum ; Mechanics Institute ; Young Men's Association ; Historical Society -- Theatres -- Daily papers -- Cemeteries -- The canal is begun -- Early banking -- First railroad -- Extending the boundaries. First serious fire -- Earliest meat packers -- Grain shipments begin -- Park system -- Metropolitan consciousness -- River and harbor convention -- The canal is completed -- Early railroads. Galena and Chicago Union ; Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company ; Illinois Central Railroad Company ; The Wabash ; The Michigan Central -- Board of Trade -- Chicago a port of entry -- Coming of the reaping machine -- Flood of 1849 -- Theatrical renaissance. Opera in Chicago ; Musical organizations -- Civic improvements. Changing the grade ; Water supply ; First gas plant ; Street cars.

Subject:

Buildings
Chicago (Ill.) History.
Chicago (Ill.) Biography Portraits.
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.
Chicago (Ill.) Histoire.
Illinois Chicago

Form/genre:

collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Illustrated works
Portraits

Added entries:

Bryson, Charles Lee, 1868-
Rice, Wallace, 1859-1939.
McIlvaine, Caroline Margaret.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 137674
Call No.: 3180 GF1936; ID:86-B9221
Status: Available