Excerpt from Chicago: Highlights of Its History At this time the Chicago River made a sharp bend to the south just east of the present Michigan Avenue bridge and emptied into the lake at the approximate location of Madison Street. On elevated ground in the bend of the river stood the stockade, with blockhouses at the northwestern and southeastern corners. The main gateway, in the middle of the south side, looked down the future Michigan Avenue. Inside the enclosure were barracks for officers and men, a storehouse, and a ...
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Excerpt from Chicago: Highlights of Its History At this time the Chicago River made a sharp bend to the south just east of the present Michigan Avenue bridge and emptied into the lake at the approximate location of Madison Street. On elevated ground in the bend of the river stood the stockade, with blockhouses at the northwestern and southeastern corners. The main gateway, in the middle of the south side, looked down the future Michigan Avenue. Inside the enclosure were barracks for officers and men, a storehouse, and a stone powder magazine. A visitor in 1809 characterized the fort as the neatest and best wooden gar rison in the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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