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PART II. THE RAILROAD CAPITAL IN NINE YEARS (1848-1857)
CHAPTER 7. STEPHEN DOUGLAS AND WILLIAM OGDEN BRING THE RAILROADS TO CHICAGO (1845-1856)
7.1. CHICAGO’S FIRST RAILROAD: THE GALENA & CHICAGO UNION
7.2. BRIGHAM YOUNG AND THE MORMONS SHOW THE WAY
7.3. THE MORMON TEMPLE AT NAUVOO
7.4. BOSTON TAKES OVER THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL
7.5. FINANCING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GALENA
7.6. CYRUS McCORMICK AND THE VIRGINIA REAPER
7.7. McCORMICK MOVES FROM CINCINNATI TO CHICAGO
7.8. BOSTON SPRINGS THE TRAP
7.9. OGDEN AND SCAMMON DECIDE TO “GO IT ALONE”
7.10. OGDEN SAVES MCCORMICK’S FACTORY AND BECOMES AN EQUAL PARTNER
7.11. THE FIRST LINK OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
7.12. THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD – PART 1
7.13. THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD – PART 2
7.14. THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL ARRIVES IN NEW BUFFALO
7.16. FORBES’ CONSERVATIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES COMES BACK TO BITE HIM
7.17. GEORGE BLISS AND JOSEPH SHEFFIELD TAKEOVER THE MICHIGAN SOUTHERN
7.18. JOSEPH SHEFFIELD’S EARLIER INVESTMENTS IN RAILROADS
7.19. A SALUTE TO JOHN JERVIS AND HIS CROTON AQUEDUCT
7.20. THE MICHIGAN SOUTHERN BEATS THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL INTO INDIANA
7.21. STEPHEN DOUGLAS AND THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL
7.22. “FREE-SOIL” AND THE ELECTION OF 1848
7.23. DOUGLAS LINKS THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 AND THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL BILLS
7.24. ROBERT SCHUYLER GAINS CONTROL OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL
7.25. OGDEN HELPS THE MS TO OBTAIN THE ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD TO REACH CHICAGO
7.26. THE COMPLETION OF THE ERIE RAILROAD
7.27. OGDEN RESIGNS AS THE GALENA’S PRESIDENT
CHAPTER 8. BUILDING THE SPOKES: NORTHWEST, WEST, AND SOUTH
8.1. OGDEN EXPANDS INTO WISCONSIN
8.2. FARNAM STRIKES OUT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI
8.3. WHERE TO LOCATE THE STATION FOR THE IC/MC?
8.4. SOLVING THE LAKEFRONT’S EROSION PROBLEM
8.5. THE SOLUTION: THE IC PROPOSES TO BUILD ITS TRACKS IN LAKE MICHIGAN
8.6 CONSTRUCTING THE IC BREAKWATER AND TRESTLE
8.7. ROBERT SCHUYLER’S NY&NH STOCK FRAUD IS UNCOVERED AND THE IC STATION IS BUILT
8.8. THE IC ALSO SHIPPED MEAT AND WHEAT
8.9. DOUGLAS AND “BLEEDING KANSAS”-PART 1
8.10. DOUGLAS AND “BLEEDING KANSAS”-PART 2
8.11. THE FORMATION OF ILLINOIS’ REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE EFFIE AFTON AFFAIR
8.12. THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL COACH AND THE PONY EXPRESS
8.13. THE ROUTE TO CHICAGO FROM THE EAST IS COMPLETED
9. CIVIL LIFE AND CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS ( 1848-1857 )
9.1. THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
9.2. THE SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MOVES FROM THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE
9.3. VAN OSDEL’S PRACTICE TAKES OFF
9.4. THE TREMONT HOUSE
9.6. A NEW CITY HALL AND COUNTY COURTHOUSE
9.7. TALLER AND TALLER: THE NEW FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
9.10. CLEANING UP THE DRINKING WATER
9.12. RAISING BUILDINGS TO THE NEW GRADE
9.13. CLEANING UP THE CITY’S CEMETERIES
9.14. THE FIRST RESIDENTIAL FLIGHT: THE RELOCATION OF CHURCH ROW TO WABASH
9.15. W. W. BOYINGTON ARRIVES IN CHICAGO
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