The Iron Horse and the Windy City: How Railroads Shaped Chicago by David M. Young

The Iron Horse and the Windy City: How Railroads Shaped Chicago

David M. Young

270 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction informative slow-paced
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With the coming of railroads, upstart Chicago quickly became the Midwest's center for commerce and trade, overtaking its older rival, St. Louis. The first tracks to link the East coast with the West ran through Chicago, and within a few decades th...

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