Main entry:

Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959.

Title & Author:

Chicago's highways, old and new : from Indian trail to motor road / by Milo M. Quaife, with an introduction by Joy Morton.

Publication:

Chicago : D. F. Keller & Company, 1923.

Description:

278 p. : front., plates, maps (part fold.) plan, facsims. ; 25 cm.

Notes:
"A guide to the chief points of historical interest within a day's journey of Chicago": p. 217-265.
The birth of a metropolis -- The road to Chicago -- The Vincennes Trace -- The road to Ottawa and the Southwest -- The thoroughfares to the lead mines -- The Green Bay Road -- The plank road era -- The commerce of the prairies -- Stage coaches and travel -- Taverns and tavern life -- Dangers of the highway -- A bridal tour in pioneer Illinois -- Appendix: Guide to the chief points of historical interest within a day's journey of Chicago.

Subject:

Roads Illinois Chicago.
Roads Northwest, Old.
Routes Illinois Chicago.
Routes États-Unis (Vieux Nord-Ouest)
Roads
Roads Illinois Chicago Region
Chicago (Ill.) History.
Chicago (Ill.) Histoire.
Illinois Chicago
Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area
Illinois Cook County
United States Old Northwest

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 110919
Call No.: ID:86-B22418
Status: Available