Title: Chicago's highways, old and new
Description: The author was a historian of the American Midwest, and served as Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Chapter headings include:

-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.
Subjects: Roads, History, Vincennes Trace, Taverns
Places: Chicago (Ill.), Chicago and vicinity, Old Northwest, Wisconsin, Chicago (Ill)
Time periods: 19th century