Chicago's highways, old and new
Subtitle: from Indian trail to motor road
By: by Milo M. Quaife, with an introduction by Joy Morton.
Publisher: D.F. Keller & Co.
Published: 1923
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Roads -- Chicago and vicinity.; Roads -- Northwest, Old.; Chicago (Ill.) -- History.
Table of contents: title: The birth of a metropolis.; title: The road to Chicago.; title: The Vincennes Trace.; title: The road to Ottawa and the Southwest.; title: The thoroughfares to the lead mines.; title: The Green Bay Road.; title: The plank road era.; title: The commerce of the prairies.; title: Stage coaches and travel.; title: Taverns and tavern life.; title: Dangers of the highway.; title: A bridal tour in pioneer Illinois.; title: Appendix: Guide to the chief points of historical interest within a day's journey of Chicago.