 | Alfred Theodore Andreas - 1884 - 692 Seiten
...short time the circumjacent lands were sold in lots, fifty by one hundred feet, under the name of ' additions.' Not the puniest brook on the shore of...in spots suitable only for the habitations of wild beasts. "•If a man were so fortunate as to have a disputed title, it made no great difference where... | |
 | Joseph Kirkland - 1892 - 550 Seiten
...of supposititious cities and villages. The whole land seemed staked out and peopled on paper. . . . Not the puniest brook on the shore of Lake Michigan...in spots suitable only for the habitations of wild beasts. This picturesque language becomes of redoubled interest whenwe reflect that it was uttered... | |
 | Josiah Seymour Currey - 1912 - 646 Seiten
...and lighthouse, railroads and canals, and in a short time the circumjacent lands were sold in lots. Not the puniest brook on the shore of Lake Michigan...in spots suitable only for the habitations of wild beasts." 2° This address of Balestier was printed in the form of a pamphlet immediately after its... | |
 | Josiah Seymour Currey - 1912 - 640 Seiten
...and lighthouse, railroads and canals, and in a short time the circumjacent lands were sold in lots. Not the puniest brook on the shore of Lake Michigan...will travel around that lake shall find many a mighty matt staked out in spots suitable only for the habitations of wild beasts." *° This address of Balestier... | |
 | William George Bruce - 1922 - 814 Seiten
...and lighthouse, railroads and canals, and in a short time the circumjacent lands were sold in lots. Not the puniest brook on the shore of Lake Michigan...city at its mouth, and whoever will travel around the lake will find many a mighty mart staked out in spots suitable only for the habitations of wild... | |
 | John William Reps - 1965 - 590 Seiten
...suddenly elevated into a mighty city, with a projected harbor and lighthouse, railroads and canals. . . . Not the puniest brook on the shore of Lake Michigan...was suffered to remain without a city at its mouth. . . ."'The Chicago land boorn collapsed, as it did in every other American city, with the panic of... | |
 | David Pepper, Frank Webster, George Revill - 2003 - 452 Seiten
...railroads and canals. and in a short time the circumjacent lands were sold in lots 50 feet by KM). . . . Not the puniest brook on the shore of Lake Michigan...in spots suitable only for the habitations of wild beasts.2Chicago began the 1830s as just such a site. The Chicago River may have been more than a puny... | |
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Then the miserable waste of sand and fens, which lay unconscious of its glory on the shore of the lake, was suddenly elevated into a mighty city, with a projected harbor and lighthouse, railroads and canals, and in a short time the circumjacent lands... 