Geobox River Name section name ChicagoRiver native name other name other name1 Image image GOYK1191s.JPG image size 260 image caption ChicagoRiver Main Stem at dusk in January 2008 br viewed looking ... Map section map ChicagoRiver.svg map size 260 map caption Map of the ChicagoRiver Website website commons ChicagoRiver Footnotes footnotes The ChicagoRiver is a system of rivers and canals with a combined ... of the ChicagoRiver accessdate 2007 05 20 publisher Friends of the ChicagoRiver ref that runs through ... long, the river is notable for being the reason why Chicago became an important location, as Chicago ... of Chicago accessdate 2010 05 12 ref The river also serves as inspiration for one of Chicago s ubiquitous ... and other structures throughout Chicago it represents the three branches of the ChicagoRiver ... Course File ChicagoRiver from Lake Street bridge.jpg left 300px thumb A view of the ChicagoRiver ... River converged at Wolf Point Chicago Wolf Point to form the Main Stem, which jogged southward ... Stem of the ChicagoRiver flows west from Lake Michigan to Wolf Point, where it converges with the North ... and Ship Canal . North Branch Early settlers named the North Branch of the ChicagoRiver the Guarie ... Solzman 2006 pp 63 64 ref South of Highland Park the river passes the Chicago Botanic Gardens and though ... at Morton Grove. ref Harvnb Solzman 2006 p 59 ref File ChicagoRiver Brown Line 060820.jpg right ... Building , and Tribune Tower at night. The source of the Main Stem of the ChicagoRiver is Lake Michigan. Water enters the river through sluice gates at the ChicagoRiver Controlling Works with a small additional flow provided by the passage of boats between the river and Lake Michigan through the Chicago ... first3 Marcelo H. title ADCP Measurements of Gravity Currents in the ChicagoRiver, Illinois journal ... SGLPJ Vol2No1 Jaffe.pdf accessdate 2011 11 19 ref File 20090524 Buildings along ChicagoRiver line ... East and Illinois Center.jpg thumb left View west along the Main Stem of the ChicagoRiver ... more details
Reflist External links http www.fultonriverdistrict.org Fulton River District Association Chicago Community areas of Chicago Neighborhoods in Chicago coord missing Illinois Category Neighborhoods in Chicago ...Image FRD 11 11 06.jpg thumb right 150px The Fulton River District in November 2006 Fulton River District is a Chicago neighborhood located on the edge of Chicago s downtown, northwest of the Loop. The district is bounded by the ChicagoriverChicagoRiver to the east, the Kennedy Expressway to the west, Ohio Street to the north and Madison Street Chicago Madison Street to the south, making it part of the Near West Side, Chicago Near West Side and West Town, Chicago West Town Community areas of Chicago community areas of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois Cook County , Illinois , United States . History James Thompson s original 1830 plan of Chicago was centered on Wolf Point, Chicago Wolf Point at the fork of the ChicagoRiver and included much of the area that is today the Fulton River District. The street grid and block layout imposed on this small area defined the pattern of Chicago s development as the city grew. Image FRD 1940s.jpg thumb left 150px Fulton River District in the 1940 s Commerce dominated the district for much of its history. Lumber and grain were shipped through the district ... and Canal in 1848. Another terminal was built a few blocks south along the river and became Union ... Northwest Side Plan publisher City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development year 2002 accessdate 2008 08 23 ref Development Image FRD 6 9 07.jpg thumb right 150px Fulton River District and surrounding areas in June 2007 In the late 2000s, the Fulton River District served as a transition from the Loop to the east and River North to the northwest to the lower density, residential neighborhoods ..., the Fulton River District in the 2000s became increasingly residential. Low and mid rise ... River District is also the home of Boeing The Boeing Company , and the Ogilvie Transportation Center ... more details
The Chicago and Illinois River Railroad was a predecessor of the Alton Railroad that built a line from Joliet, IL Joliet southwest through Coal City, Illinois , to the Mazon River . A portion is now a second ... the Chicago and Illinois River Railroad on February 28, 1867 to build a railroad from Chicago through Lisbon, IL Lisbon and Ottawa, IL Ottawa the latter on the Illinois River to the Mississippi River opposite Keokuk, Iowa , with a branch in the vicinity of Streator, IL Streator . ref http books.google.com books?id EFoZAAAAYAAJ&pg PA756 An act to incorporate the Chicago and Illinois River Railroad ... to amend an act entitled An act to incorporate the Chicago and Illinois River Railroad Company , approved March 24, 1869 ref Construction began in 1873 on a route south of the Illinois River between Chicago and Streator, IL Streator , but in 1875 it ran out of money and leased the unfinished line to the Chicago and Alton Railroad . The grade southwest of the Mazon River crossing at Gorman, Illinois Gorman was sold to the Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad that year, and the Alton opened the railroad between Joliet and the Mazon River no, not to Coal City Poor s is clear about it extending to the Mazon River, where the CP&SW began, and so are old maps on July 1 or was it actually completed ...?id THd5AAAAMAAJ&pg PA205 205 ref Beyond the Mazon River, the Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern completed the line to Pekin, IL Pekin on May 21, 1876, and obtained trackage rights over the Chicago and Illinois River to Joliet. ref Henry V. Poor , Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1880, pp ... 407 408 ref and the old Chicago and Illinois River line between Coal City and the Mazon River was subsequently ... reflist DEFAULTSORT Chicago Illinois River Railroad Category Defunct Illinois railroads Category ... Chicago and Alton Railroad Company 851 40 V 1 year 1932 intlink Chicago and Alton Railroad ref giving it double track two tracks between Chicago and Odell, IL Odell . ref A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago ... more details
Image DowntownChicagoILatNight.jpg thumb 230px the former Chicago Sun Times Building site of current Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago Trump International Hotel and Tower , Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower The River North Gallery District , in Chicago , is in the Near North Side, Chicago ..., nightclubs and restaurants. River North has become one of Chicago s top neighborhoods for nightlife ... north of the ChicagoRiver and the Merchandise Mart , south of Chicago Avenue , east of the ChicagoRiver and west of Michigan Avenue. Citation needed date January 2009 As it has grown and the area ... Street and the ChicagoRiver. History River North in the years 1990 2012 has become one of Chicago ... the ChicagoRiver with the surrounding areas. The Merchandise Mart still has railroad tracks underneath ... Sicily Little Sicily in Chicago was also located in River North. The first Italian Roman Catholic ... s River North flower shop, near the corner of West Chicago Avenue and North State Street. O ... General of the People s Republic of China in Chicago is located at 100 West Erie Street in the River ... pages 72.html River North Gallery District fire in 1989 , Encyclopedia of Chicago ... , outside of Manhattan . ref cite web url http www.chicagomarathon.com CMS400Min Chicago Marathon runner information index.aspx?id 486 title 2007 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon Runner Information work www.chicagomarathon.com publisher LaSalle Bank year 2007 accessdate 2007 08 12 ref River North has experienced ..., the area holds many bars, dance clubs, popular restaurants and entertainment venues. Subsections of River ... Chicago, Superior and Huron streets between Lasalle and Orleans. The Contemporaine Building 2005 ... destination for restaurants, nightclubs and living for people who move to Chicago. During this time numerous highrises have been developed dramatically increasing the population of River North. Smokey Hollow River North previously was named Smokey Hollow around the turn of the 20th century due to the many ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Iron River Depot nrhp type image Iron River former train depot.jpg caption The depot seen in its new guise as The Station lat degrees 46 lat minutes 05 lat seconds 17 lat direction N long degrees 88 long minutes 38 long seconds 32 long direction W locmapin Michigan location 50 N. 4th Avenue br Iron River, Michigan nearest city area built 1914 architect architecture Neoclassical designated added May 30, 2007 established visitation num visitation year refnum 07000479 mpsub http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Text 64000326.pdf Iron County MRA governing body Private The Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Iron River Depot , located in Iron River, Michigan was built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad otherwise known as the Milwaukee Road in 1913. The brick depot has a modified Neoclassical design and is rectangular in shape. The depot has a covered porch on one end that connected to the waiting room. The station agent s office was located in the middle of the building, and a freight room was on the other end. The railroad came to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to serve the local iron mines and timber industry. It built the branch line that terminated in Iron River in 1913. Passenger service connected to the main line at Channing, Michigan . Passenger service to Iron River ended in 1945. The railroad provided bus service between Sagola, Michigan and Iron River until 1956. The railroad ceased bus service in 1956. The depot was sold to a local produce company for use as a warehouse. The depot was subsequently ... and also because of its association with the development of Iron River. It is also significant as the last remaining railway station in Iron River. References Christensen, Robert O. Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Iron River Depot Iron County, Michigan . National Register of Historic Places ... River, Michigan Category Railway stations in Michigan Category Railway stations opened in 1914 Category ... more details
feat. The city reversed the flow of the ChicagoRiver so that the water flowed away Lake Michigan and into the river ..., and completed with the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal leading to the Illinois River which joins the Mississippi River . File Chicago fire1.jpg thumb right Artist s rendering of the Great Chicago ... for homosexuals, Friendship and Freedom . File 20090524 Buildings along ChicagoRiver line the south ... The ChicagoRiver is the south border right of the Near North Side, Chicago Near North Side and Streeterville ... of the Chicago Portage , connecting the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes drainage basin watersheds . The city lies beside freshwater Lake Michigan, and two rivers the ChicagoRiver in downtown and the Calumet River in the industrial far South Side flow entirely or partially through Chicago. The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal connects the ChicagoRiver with the Des Plaines River , which ... Michigan. While the ChicagoRiver historically handled much of the region s waterborne cargo, today ... building began around the mouth of the ChicagoRiver, as can be seen on a map of the city s original ... branches of the ChicagoRiver. Presently, the four tallest buildings in the city are Willis Tower ... Zoo and the Lincoln Park Conservatory . The River North Gallery District, Near North Side, Chicago ...About the U.S. city the broadway musical Chicago musical the train City of Chicago train other uses Use mdy dates date March 2012 pp move indef Infobox settlement name Chicago settlement type City nickname Origin of the name Windy City The Windy City , The Second City, Chi Town, Chicago poem Hog Butcher ... of nicknames for Chicago motto lang la Urbs in Horto City in a Garden , Make Big Plans Make No Small ... cityofchicago.org image skyline Chicago montage.jpg imagesize 300px image caption Clockwise from top Downtown Chicago , the Chicago Theatre , the Chicago L , Navy Pier , Millennium Park , the Field ... image seal Chicago city seal.png image map US IL Chicago.png map caption Location in the Chicago metropolitan ... more details
wiktionary ChicagoChicago Protocol Chicago , Illinois is the third largest city in the United States of America. Chicago may also refer to TOC right Places and buildings Russia Novosibirsk , Chicago of Siberia South Africa Chicago, Western Cape , a town in South Africa United States California Chicago Park, California , an unincorporated community in Nevada County New Chicago, California , formerly known as Chicago , an unincorporated community in Amador County Port Chicago, California a former town and Naval Station in Contra Costa, County Illinois Chicago CTA Blue Line station Chicago CTA Brown and Purple Lines station Chicago CTA Red Line station Chicago Heights, Illinois , Cook County ChicagoRiver , a river in Chicago, Illinois Lake Chicago , a prehistoric lake from the Wisconsin Glacial Period North Chicago, Illinois , Lake County South Chicago Heights, Illinois , Cook County West Chicago, Illinois , DuPage County Indiana East Chicago, Indiana , a city New Chicago, Indiana , a town Minnesota Little Chicago, Minnesota , an unincorporated community Ohio Chicago Junction, Ohio , former name of Willard, Ohio Wisconsin Chicago Corners, Outagamie County, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Chicago Junction, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Little Chicago, Wisconsin , an unincorporated community People Chicago Trance artist Judy Chicago , American artist Culture and the arts Literature Chicago art magazine Chicago art magazine , former magazine published in 2002 Chicago magazine Chicago magazine , published by the Tribune Company Chicago manga Chicago manga , authored by Yumi Tamura Chicago poem Chicago poem , by Carl Sandburg The Chicago Manual of Style , style ... and 1930s Music Chicago 1970 song Chicago 1970 song , by Graham Nash Chicago band , rock band founded in 1967 Chicago album Chicago album , 1970 album by the above band Chicago Sufjan Stevens song Chicago Sufjan Stevens song , 2005 song from the album Illinois Chicago That Toddlin Town , 1922 ... more details
River District Near West Side Gage Park Gage Park, Chicago Gage Park Galewood Austin Garfield Ridge ... Square, Chicago Lincoln Square Ravenswood Manor Albany Park, Chicago Albany Park River North Near ...Cartographers distinguish between over 200 neighborhoods and 77 Community areas in Chicago community areas in the City of Chicago Illinois , United States . The broader Community Area usually shares the name ... city depts doit general GIS Chicago Maps Community Areas Community Areas W Numbers.pdf Chicago Community ... s Chicago Business ref List of Neighborhoods by Community areas class wikitable sortable colspan 3 City of Chicago Neighborhoods Neighborhood Community Area Albany Park Albany Park, Chicago Albany Park Altgeld Gardens, Chicago Altgeld Gardens Riverdale, Chicago Riverdale Andersonville Edgewater, Chicago Edgewater Archer Heights Archer Heights, Chicago Archer Heights Armour Square Armour Square, Chicago Armour Square Ashburn Ashburn, Chicago Ashburn Ashburn Estates Ashburn Auburn Gresham, Chicago Auburn Gresham Auburn Gresham Austin, Chicago Austin Austin Avalon Park, Chicago Avalon Park Avalon Park Avondale, Chicago Avondale Avondale Back of the Yards New City, Chicago New City Belmont Gardens Hermosa, Chicago Hermosa Belmont Heights Dunning, Chicago Dunning Belmont Terrace Dunning Beverly, Chicago Beverly Beverly Beverly View Ashburn Beverly Woods Morgan Park, Chicago Morgan Park Big Oaks Norwood Park, Chicago Norwood Park Boystown, Chicago Boystown Lake View, Chicago Lake View Bowmanville Lincoln Square, Chicago Lincoln Square Brainerd Washington Heights, Chicago Washington Heights Brickyard Belmont Cragin, Chicago Belmont Cragin Bridgeport Bridgeport, Chicago Bridgeport Brighton Park Brighton Park, Chicago Brighton Park Bronzeville Douglas, Chicago Douglas Bucktown Logan Square, Chicago Logan Square Budlong Woods Lincoln Square, Chicago Lincoln Square Buena Park Uptown, Chicago Uptown Burnside Burnside, Chicago Burnside Cabrini Green Near North Side, Chicago Near North Side ... more details
other uses Infobox street name Chicago Avenue marker image alternate name 800 North length mi 12.2 length ... Drive in Chicago, Illinois Chicago In the City of Chicago , Chicago Avenue is a major east&ndash west arterial that runs from 385 east to 5968 west at 800 north in the Streets and highways of ChicagoChicago street address system . ref name SCCA Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, Streetwise Chicago , Chicago ... of Lake Michigan and Lake Shore Drive U.S. Route 41 in the Gold Coast, Chicago Gold Coast neighborhood in the Near North Side, Chicago Near North Side Community areas of Chicago community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois Cook County , Illinois , United States , and runs west to 17th Avenue, where it terminates a few feet north of Lake Street Chicago Lake Street in Melrose Park, Illinois ... background footer The National Guard armory preceded the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago on Chicago ... caption2 from left 1919 image3 width3 caption3 image4 width4 caption4 image5 width5 caption5 Chicago Avenue has two lanes west of Austin Avenue Chicago Austin Avenue , and the Chicago city limits, and roughly four lanes east of Austin Avenue. Like most streets in Chicago, the number and width of lanes varies block by block. Chicago Avenue runs just to the north of Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park. It then runs through Maywood, Illinois Maywood and over the Des Plaines River before entering River Forest, Illinois River Forest . Chicago Avenue is largely residential through River Forest and Oak Park, with a few small commercial strip malls and developments. At Austin Avenue, Chicago Avenue becomes part of the addressing system for Chicago as 800 North, or 8 blocks one mile north of Madison Street Chicago Madison Street . Chicago Avenue runs through the largely impoverished Austin, Chicago Austin and Humboldt Park, Chicago Humboldt Park neighborhoods.In the late 1940s and early 1950s at Chicago ... La Clark. East of about Kedzie Avenue Chicago Kedzie Avenue , Chicago Avenue runs through the West ... more details
, were canoe ing upstream on the Mississippi River. They were guided to the portage by native Native Americans in the United States Indians and continued along the Illinois River Illinois and Des Plaines River s. Near where the Des Plaines was separated from the ChicagoRiver was a swampy area named ... the Des Plaines to the ChicagoRiver , which then flowed into Lake Michigan. At the time, the Chicago ...The Chicago Portage connects the drainage basin watershed s BrE drainage basins and the navigable waterway s of the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes . It crosses the continental divide that separates ... www.chicagoportage.org synopsis.htm ref File Diversion of Chicago Waterways.gif right Near Chicago , the St ... a league unit league about convert 2 mi km , 3 km across the Chicago Portage would allow easy ... navigation between the two waterways. In 1900 it was replaced by the larger Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal . After the ChicagoRiver was diverted to the new canal, the Mississippi watershed is now separated from the Great Lakes by only a few downtown Chicago lock water transport locks . The quantity of water allowed to pass and thus diverted from the St. Lawrence River is regulated under international treaty between the U.S. and Canada . The Chicago Portage National Historic Site marks the western end of the portage at the junction of the Des Plaines River and Portage Creek. gallery lines 5 File Chicago Portage Waterway.jpg The Portage waterway in the Portage Forest Preserve National Historic Site, Cook County File Mississippirivermapnew.jpg Mississippi Valley watershed and Chicago ... by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal right in 1900 References reflist See also Valparaiso Moraine ... and La Salle s Canal Plans at http www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org Encyclopedia of Chicago ... University Libraries Chicago Portage Ledger http adventure.howstuffworks.com chicago portage national historic site.htm Chicago Portage History Chicago Category Portages in the United States Category ... more details
, Chicago Revere Park River Park, ChicagoRiver Park borders Foster Avenue on the north and Francisco ... Park Chicago Gate.JPG thumb 300px right The southwestern entrance into Portage Park Chicago Portage ... thumb 300px right Buckingham Fountain , donated to Chicago in 1927 by Kate Buckingham File KosciuszkoPark001.jpg thumb 300px Kosciuszko Park Chicago Kosciuszko Park is located by the intersection of Diversey Parkway Chicago Diversey and Pulaski Road Chicago Pulaski . Image Lincoln Park Beaver.JPG thumb right 300px a beaver at the North Pond in Lincoln Park Chicago Lincoln Park The City of Chicago ... 2010 01 31 ref The Chicago Park District manages 220 facilities in 570 parks covering more ... Chicago Park District url http www.chicagoparkdistrict.com index.cfm fuseaction parks.home.cfm accessdate ... 24 mi km of lakefront, rendering the Chicago Park District the nation s largest municipal harbor ... publisher Chicago Park District url http www.chicagoparkdistrict.com index.cfm fuseaction parks.home.cfm accessdate 2010 01 31 ref ref cite web title Harbors publisher Chicago Park District url ... Chicago park Lincoln Park , Chicago s largest park, visited by over 20 million visitors each year, making ... tier3 cd.cfm?content item id 20531&folder id 3208 accessdate 2006 07 19 ref The Chicago Park District ... Parks & Facilities publisher Chicago Park District url http www.chicagoparkdistrict.com index.cfm ..., the Chicago Park District holds thousands of community, holiday, nature, sports, music, arts, and cultural ... provided by nationally recognized Arts Partners such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Parks of Chicago Arts Partners in Residence Arts Partners in Residence such as the Citywide Symphony Orchestra ... Theatre Company, Chicago Dance Medium, Chicago Moving Company, Chicago Swordplay Guild , Free Street ..., and the Zephyr Dance Company. ref cite web title Arts Partners in Residence publisher Chicago Park ... e441 4b30 9222 5adb6f23e717.cfm accessdate 2010 01 31 ref ref cite web title Events publisher Chicago ... more details
Chicago Rolling Mill Company, built at the mouth of the river in 1881. Only fractions of the original ... River Since the de industrialization of South Chicago s once inaccessible shoreline from the late 1970s ...Infobox settlement Basic info name South Chicago official name Community Area 46 South Chicago other name nickname settlement type nowrap Community areas of Chicago Community area motto images and maps image skyline imagesize image caption image map US IL Chicago CA46.svg mapsize map caption Location within the city of Chicago image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 pushpin map pushpin label position pushpin ..., Illinois Cook subdivision type3 City subdivision name3 Chicago parts type Neighborhoods parts style parts list p1 South Chicago Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area total km2 8.65 population ... Source U.S. Census, Record Information Services see Discussion page p clear right South Chicago , formerly known as Ainsworth , is one of the 77 Community areas of Chicago well defined community areas of Chicago , Illinois . This chevron shaped community is one of Chicago s 16 lakefront neighborhoods ... by East 79th Street on the north, South Chicago Avenue the Chicago Skyway on the southwest, a small stretch of East 95th Street on the south. With the Calumet River on the community s southeast side, South Chicago can be considered the literal gateway to the Calumet Region and the first among the four Chicago neighborhoods East Side, Chicago East Side , Hegewisch and South Deering that are considered by the locals as Chicago s Southeast Side. Particularly because most of its streets ... includes them all with Chicago s South Side communities. History Once a separate community, South Chicago began as a series of scattered Native American settlements before becoming a village. First ... Valley and leader of the Pottawatomie people. They and other Native peoples used South Chicago and the shallow Calumet River area as portages, for seasonal settlements, hunting and fishing thousands of years ... more details
that the French maintained a military garrison at a fort near the mouth of the ChicagoRiver , the future site of Chicago . ref name EOC1730 cite web url http www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org pages 1730.html title Chicago s Mythical French Fort last Briggs first Winstanley work The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago publisher Chicago Historical Society accessdate 2009 07 01 ref Although this fort ... located at the mouth of the ChicagoRiver, appears in a memoir written by Henri de Tonty in 1693 ... the ChicagoRiver comes from the journals of Henri Joutel . ref name Quaife1914 In October 1687 Joutel ... at the mouth of the ChicagoRiver, they gave up and returned to Fort St. Louis. They set out again in March 1688, arriving at Chicago on March 29, and leaving on April 8. Joutel described their stay in Chicago, but made no mention of a fort. ref cite book last Joutel first Henri coauthors Stiles ... of a French Chicago Fort The myth of a French fort at the mouth of the ChicagoRiver emerged following ... intended to show the ChicagoRiver, and so it became widely accepted that there had been a French fort at the mouth of the ChicagoRiver. ref name EOC1730 References Reflist US hist stub Chicago stub ...See also Fort Dearborn The Fort of Chicago , or Fort of Chicagou , was a seventeenth century temporary ... existed. Seventeenth Century Forts in the Chicago Area A number of temporary, small fortified trading posts were constructed in the Chicago area in the late seventeenth century. The exact location ... for a permanent French military fortification in the Chicago area during this period ... 4, 1683, he notes that two of his men had constructed a temporary stockade at the Chicago Portage ... Herbert S. Stone and Company location Chicago date 1901 page 144 url http www.archive.org details ... cite journal last Quaife first Milo Milton date 1914 title Was There a French Fort at Chicago? journal ... was actually at the mouth of the St. Joseph River Lake Michigan St. Joseph River on the east side ... more details
Image Royce areas michigan.jpg thumb right 300px The 1821 treaty ceded the L shaped grey area in southwest Michigan. The Treaty of Chicago may refer to either of two treaty treaties made and signed in Chicago, Illinois between the United States and the Ottawa people Ottawa , Ojibwe Chippewa , and Potawatomi Native Americans in the United States Native American peoples. 1821 Treaty of Chicago The first treaty of Chicago was signed by Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Cass and Solomon Sibley for the United States and representatives of the Ottawa people Ottawa , Ojibwe , and Potawatomi on August 29, 1821, and proclaimed on March 25, 1822. The treaty ceded to the United States all lands in Michigan Territory south of the Grand River Michigan Grand River , with the exception of several small reservations. 1833 Treaty of Chicago The second Treaty of Chicago granted the United States government all land west of Lake Michigan to Lake Winnebago in modern day Wisconsin . The treaty included lands that are part of modern day Illinois . External links http www.kansasheritage.org PBP books treaties t 1821.html Text of 1821 Treaty http www.kansasheritage.org PBP books treaties t 1833.html Text of the 1833 Treaty http www.kansasheritage.org PBP books treaties t 1833 s.html Articles Supplementary to the 1833 Treaty MIHistory DEFAULTSORT Treaty Of Chicago Category United States and Native American treaties Chicago Category Ojibwe Category Native American history of Michigan Category Native American history of Wisconsin Category Native American history of Illinois Category Pre state history of Michigan Category Pre state history of Illinois Category Pre state history of Wisconsin Category Anishinaabe treaty areas Category 1833 treaties Category 1821 treaties Michigan stub ca Tractat de Chicago de Vertrag von Chicago es Tratado de Chicago ... more details
was swampy and most of the early building began on low dunes around the ChicagoRiver s mouth. Indeed, Chicago s low lying geography, which ultimately became crucial to its boom town development as the site of the Chicago Portage and canal , could not initially attract substantial early settlement because the tall grass prairie around its lake and river systems was underlain by hard packed glacial ... Euclideanesque flat ground. There is the ChicagoRiver , which may bring some argument as to geographic ... grid across the river. Today, Chicago is going through a massive skyscraper building boom, with projects ... RiverChicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Illinois and Michigan Canal I&M Canal Lake Michigan References ...Image ChicagolandGeography.jpg right thumb 300px Geography of Chicago and surrounding counties The city of Chicago, Illinois Chicago is located in northern Illinois at the south western tip of Lake Michigan . It sits on the St. Lawrence Seaway continental divide at the site of the Chicago Portage , an ancient trade route connecting the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes drainage basin watershed s. Geography Chicago s present natural geography is a result of the large glaciers of the Ice Age , namely ... the glacier s meltwater . The city of Chicago itself sits on the Chicago Plain, a flat plain that was once the bottom of ancestral Lake Chicago . This plain has very little topographical relief, in fact ... Chicago, as it receded. On the North side, the diagonals Clark Street Chicago Clark Street and Ridge Boulevard run along ridges that were once sandbars in the Lake. One special feature of the Chicago area was the now vanished Mud Lake in the Des Plaines River watershed. During heavy periods of rain or when the Des Plaines overflowed its banks due to downstream ice dams in the early spring, the river would flow through Mud Lake to the South Branch of the ChicagoRiver, forming a favorite portage for early traders and creating the path of the future Illinois and Michigan Canal I&M and Chicago ... more details
Image Wigwam Chicago .jpg thumb 200px right The Wigwam 1860 Republican National Convention The Wigwam ... . ref name CL It was located in Chicago , Illinois at Lake Street and Market later Wacker Drive near the ChicagoRiver. ref cite web url http www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org pages 3391.html accessdate 2007 03 28 year 2005 publisher Chicago Historical Society title Wigwam, 1860 work The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ref This site had previously been the site of the Sauganash Hotel , Chicago s first hotel. ref name CL cite web url http webapps.cityofchicago.org LandmarksWeb landmarkDetail.do?lanID 1417 accessdate 2010 07 15 publisher City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development ... Presidency . The location at Lake and Wacker was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 6, 2002 ... National Convention and the 1892 Democratic National Convention , which were hosted in Chicago. The building Image Chicago Wigwam.png thumb left Photograph by Alexander Hessler The two story Wigwam was built by Chicago business leaders to attract the 1860 Convention. ref name EOCPoA cite web url ..., Paula R. publisher Chicago Historical Society title Places of Assembly work The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ref ref cite web url http www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org pages 1263.html accessdate 2007 03 28 year 2005 publisher Chicago Historical Society title Tourism and Conventions author Moore, Anne work The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ref It was a temporary structure, built entirely ... author Sautter, R. Craig publisher Chicago Historical Society title Political Conventions work The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ref ref name EOCW cite web url http www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org pages 1355.html accessdate 2007 03 28 year 2005 author Karamanski, Theodore J. publisher Chicago Historical Society title Wigwam work The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ref ref name ALHDP ... Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project title The Old Chicago Wigwam work ref The building ... more details
This article is about the prehistoric lake, For other geographic features with this name, see Chicago disambiguation Chicago Image Glacial lakes.jpg thumb 300px right Stages of development of the Great Lakes. Lake Chicago was a prehistoric proglacial lake that is the ancestor of what is now known as Lake Michigan , one of North America s five Great Lakes . Origin The city of Chicago lies in a broad ... at Stony Island Avenue , Thornton and McCook Avenues, or at 18th Street and Damen Avenue, all in Chicago ... the Chicago area and extending all the way to Niagara, New York . Much later, the polar ice cap crept ... for the melting water developed through the Sag River and the Des Plaines River Valley around Mt. Forest ..., eventually leaving behind them the prehistoric Lake Chicago, the ancestor of Lake Michigan. Size Somewhat larger than Lake Michigan, Lake Chicago extended west to present day La Grange, Illinois and south ... to retreat, it created new outlets for the water in Lake Chicago, including Niagara Falls , and the St. Lawrence River . As these outlets were developed, a partial lake capture occurred and the water level in Lake Chicago began to drop in three observable stages of 15 to 20 feet 5 6 m each. Eventually even the outlet to the southwest dried up, and the Des Plaines River overflowed into the basin ... of the five Great Lakes and many of the Chicago area s trails and roads follow some of these ancient ..., Carpenter Road, and Ridge Avenue The Rosehill Spit in the Rogers Park West Ridge neighborhood of Chicago ... Chicago s water level fell. See also Lake Agassiz Lake Maumee External links Killey, Myrna M. 1998 .... Willman, H.B. 1971. Summary of the Geology of the Chicago Area. Illinois State Geological Survey ... District of Cook County http www.oprf.com divide page2.html Oak Park Ancient Lake Chicago & Continental ... lakes Chicago, Lake Category Geology of Illinois Category Geology of Indiana Category Historical geology of the Great Lakes Category Proglacial lakes Category Lake Michigan Chicago, Lake ... more details
by United Airlines . File Trainoverbridge.jpg thumb A westbound L train crosses the south fork of the ChicagoRiverChicago , Illinois , is the third largest city in the United States and a major ... Sightseeing offers water taxi service along the ChicagoRiver with stops at Navy Pier , Michigan ... the Chicago Water Taxi which offers service along the ChicagoRiver with stops at Michigan Avenue ... America. Mass transit in much of the Chicago metropolitan area is managed through the Regional ..., the Chicago Transit Authority , Metra , Pace transit Pace . Roads and freeways Main Roads and freeways in Chicago Airports Portal box Chicago Aviation Image Midwayhigh.jpg 200px right thumb Aerial view of Chicago Midway International Airport O Hare International Airport , which is the second ... States. Chicago Midway International Airport serves primarily domestic destinations. It is a major ... with Southwest. There are several minor airports in the Chicago area with either limited or proposed commercial service. These include Gary Chicago International Airport in Gary, Indiana , located about 25 miles from the Chicago loop. Gary Chicago is operating as the third airport for the Chicago area. While Gary Chicago Int. Airport s current operations include no scheduled commercial passenger service ... Guard of the United States National Guard has constructed facilities to base their Chicago metropolitan area air operation here as well. Chicago Rockford International Airport in Rockford, Illinois ... are positioning the airport to attract customers from Chicago s western suburbs. More information is available at http www.flyrfd.com Two other airports that are located near the Chicago suburbs are Central ... Airport Clow International Airport 1C5 K1C5 Bolingbrook, Illinois DuPage Airport DPA KDPA West Chicago, Illinois Gary Chicago International Airport GYY KGYY Gary, Indiana Chicago Midway International Airport MDW KMDW Chicago O Hare International Airport ORD KORD ChicagoChicago Executive Airport formerly ... more details
318316pv.jpg Calumet River and the main span of the Chicago Skyway. File ChicSkyway1.JPG The toll ... navbox structure Bridges place Calumet River bridge Chicago Skyway bridge signs Image I 90.svg ...Infobox road state IL type I marker image infobox road shieldmain USA state IL type I route 90 File Chicago Skyway logo.svg 88x70px alt Chicago Skyway marker name Chicago Skyway maint Skyway Concession Company map Chicago Skwy map.png length mi 7.8 length round 2 length ref ref name skyway homepage cite web url http www.chicagoskyway.org title Chicago Skyway year 2005 accessdate July 7, 2007 author ... state IL I 90 I 94 in Chicago junction Jct state IL US 12 US 20 US 41 in Chicago direction b East terminus b Jct state IN I 90 Toll at Indiana state line The Chicago Skyway , also known as Chicago Skyway Toll bridge Toll Bridge System , is a convert 7.8 mi km adj mid long toll road in Chicago, Illinois Chicago , Illinois , United States , carrying Interstate 90 in Illinois Interstate 90 from the Indiana Toll Road to the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago s South Side leading into the Chicago Loop ... Bridge . The bridge spans the Calumet River and Calumet Harbor , a major harbor for industrial ..., and is the highest road in Chicago. The bridge is heavily documented by the Library of Congress Historic ... History File Chicago skyway bridge deck.jpg thumb right Eastbound view on the Chicago Skyway bridge The Chicago Skyway was originally known as the Calumet Skyway. ref name chitrib cite news first Hal last Foust title A Great Day For Chicago Skyway Open url http pqasb.pqarchiver.com chicagotribune access 519266182.html?FMT ABS&FMTS ABS AI work Chicago Tribune date April 17, 1958 accessdate June 21 ... and took about 34 months to build. Nearly eight miles of elevated roadway, the Chicago Skyway was originally built as a shortcut from State Street, a major north south street on Chicago s South ... Toll Road begins. Later, when the Dan Ryan Expressway opened, the Chicago Skyway was extended ... more details
Lawndale may refer to either of two neighborhoods on the far west side of the city of Chicago, Illinois Chicago . South Lawndale, Chicago North Lawndale, Chicago See also Neighborhoods of Chicago Community areas of Chicago Category Chicago neighborhoods disambig ... more details
Chicago jazz can refer to The Chicago Jazz Festival Dixieland jazz played Dixieland Chicago style Chicago style Chicago Jazz figure skating Chicago Jazz , a junior level figure skating group See also Music of Chicago disambig ... more details
File Chicago Sears Tower.jpg thumb center Willis Tower center The architecture of Chicago has influenced and reflected the history of American architecture . The city of ChicagoChicago, Illinois features ... the downtown area were destroyed the most famous exception being the Chicago Water Tower Water Tower by the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, Chicago buildings are noted for their originality rather than their antiquity. Skyscrapers Chicago skyline Main List of tallest buildings in Chicago Beginning in the early 1880s, architectural pioneers of the Chicago school architecture Chicago School explored ..., in particular George A. Fuller. File Chicago Pumping Station Rev.jpg thumb left Chicago Avenue Pumping Station in the Old Chicago Water Tower District along the Magnificent Mile File 2004 06 09 1200x1600 chicagochicago building.jpg thumb The Chicago Building is a prime example of Chicago School architecture ..., and others, became known as the Commercial Style, but it was called the Chicago School by later historians. In 1892, the Masonic Temple Chicago Masonic Temple surpassed the New York World Building ... by another New York building. Since 1963, a Chicago school architecture Second Chicago School Second Chicago School emerged from the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. The ideas of structural engineer Fazlur Khan were also influential in this movement ... construction was the DeWitt Chestnut Apartment Building which Khan designed and was completed in Chicago ... the Sears Tower in Chicago and can been seen in the construction of the World Trade Center , Petronas ... the Burj Khalifa was completed in early 2010. Landmarks and monuments See List of Chicago Landmarks Numerous architects have constructed landmark buildings of varying styles in Chicago. Some of these are the so called Chicago seven James Ingo Freed , Tom Beeby , Larry Booth , Stuart Cohen , James ... right St. John Cantius in Chicago St. John Cantius , one of Chicago s Polish Cathedral s Daniel Burnham ... more details
district also operates Foreign Trade Zone 22, which extends convert 60 mi km from Chicago s city limits. References reflist External links http www.theportofchicago.com pages facilities.html Port of Chicago Facilities http www.theportofchicago.com pages history.html Port of Chicago History Chicago coord 41.733 N 87.528 W display title source frwiki Category Transportation in Chicago, Illinois Category Ports and harbors of Illinois Category River ports of the United States fr Port de Chicago ... of the Grand Calumet River and Little Calumet River convert 6 mi km inland from Lake Michigan ... more details
of Commerce. Retrieved on 2008 05 28. ref Ravenswood is considered part of the Lincoln Square, Chicago Lincoln Square official Community areas of Chicago community area . Ravenswood is known for its ... Line Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line spur running east west across the center, bus lines on several ... are zoned to the campuses of the Chicago Public Schools http www.ravenswoodelementary.com Ravenswood Elementary School K 8 Lake View High School Chicago, Illinois Lake View High School 9 12 ...&msa 0&msid 115328417113368619538.000444442c12d284087bb Ravenswood Neighborhood, ChicagoChicago Community areas of Chicago Neighborhoods in Chicago Category Neighborhoods in Chicago, Illinois Chicago ... more details
Dance Chicago , River North Chicago Dance Company, Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Thodos Dance Chicago ..., ChicagoRiver North neighborhood, though a great amount of arts activity also centers around the area ...Image ChicagoJazzClubAndys.jpg thumb upright Chicago Jazz Club The culture of ChicagoChicago, Illinois ..., such as Chicago blues and Chicago soul soul . Citation needed date June 2011 The city continues ..., European, and Hispanic citizens. Chicago is known for a robust and vigorous tradition of surrealist, funky figurative paintings and art, such as the famous Chicago Imagists Chicago Imagist group . The city is additionally known for various popular culinary dishes, notably the Chicago style pizza deep dish pizza , the Chicago style hot dog and the Chicago style Italian beef sandwich. Performing arts Deleted image removed Image Secondcity.jpg thumb right 130px A Promotional Sign for Chicago s Second City Comedy Troupe. Main Theatre in ChicagoChicago is a major center for theater , and is the birthplace ... of Chicago in the 1960s by an undergraduate performance group called the Compass Players ... 100 black box performances spaces like the Strawdog Theatre Company in the Lakeview, Chicago Lakeview area to landmark downtown houses like the Chicago Theatre on State and Lake Streets, present a wide ... works such as the premiere in December 2004 of Spamalot . The Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the Victory ... and Steppenwolf. Broadway In Chicago , created in July 2000, hosts touring productions and Broadway ... for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre . Broadway In Chicago provides over 7,500 jobs and an economic ... title Study Outlines Chicago Theater Impact newspaper San Francisco Chronicle date 2007 01 16 ... e155202S39.DTL dead link date May 2011 ref Polish language productions for Poles in ChicagoChicago s large Polish speaking population can be seen at the historic Gateway Theatre Chicago Gateway Theatre in Jefferson Park, Chicago Jefferson Park . The Lyric Opera of Chicago , founded in 1954 ... more details
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