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VOLUME ONE: BUILDING THE CHICAGO THAT BURNED (1803-1874)
i.1. “WHY CHICAGO”
i.2. THE “CITY” OF CHICAGO
i.4. THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE NORTHWEST
i.7. THE CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH THESE EVENTS OCCURRED
i.8. SUMMARY
PART ONE: CHICAGO: THE ISTHMUS IN THE NORTHWEST (1803-1848)
CHAPTER 1. DREAMS OF A CANAL INSPIRE A TOWN (1803-1830)
1.1. THE COLONIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE NORTHWEST
1.2. PLANNING THE AMERICAN SETTLEMENT OF THE NORTHWEST
1.3. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE AND THE BUILDING OF FORT DEARBORN
1.4. JEFFERSON SENDS LEWIS AND CLARK TO THE PACIFIC
1.6. THE WAR OF 1812: THE FORT DEARBORN MASSACRE
1.7. THE POST-WAR PERIOD: ASTOR GAINS A MONOPOLY IN THE REGION’S FUR TRADE
1.8. THE GALENA LEAD RUSH
1.9. FEDERAL PLANNING FOR ROADS AND CANALS
1.10. DEWITT CLINTON AND THE ERIE CANAL
1.11. MOVING CHICAGO FROM WISCONSIN TO ILLINOIS
1.12. ST. LOUIS: THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE AND THOMAS HART BENTON
1.13. THE FEDERAL LANDGRANT FOR THE CANAL
1.14. THE DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL: ANDREW JACKSON AND MARTIN VAN BUREN
1.15. IMPROVING THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER
1.16. PLATTING THE TOWN OF CHICAGO IN THE PRAIRIE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER 2. CANAL VS. RAILROAD? (1831-1837)
2.1. CANAL VS. RAILROAD?
2.2. MOVING BEYOND ST. LOUIS: THE OREGON TRAIL
2.3. EARLY PROPOSALS FOR A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
2.4. THE CINCINNATI & CHARLESTON RAILROAD
2.5. THE CENTRAL RAILROAD: THE ST. LOUIS CUT-OFF
CHAPTER 3. FROM PLATS IN A MARSH TO A CITY (1831-1837)
3.1. THE BLACK HAWK WAR
3.2. JACKSON’S WAR ON THE SECOND BANK OF THE U.S. AND THE SPECULATION BUBBLE
3.4. THE TOWN OF CHICAGO
3.5. NEW YORK EXPERTISE AND CAPITAL ARRIVES IN CHICAGO: ARTHUR BRONSON AND CHARLES BUTLER
3.8. THE CANAL IS FINALLY APPROVED BY THE STATE
3.9. USING THE THREAT OF A RAILROAD TO FORCE THE CANAL ISSUE: THE IC AND THE G&CU
3.10. THE CANAL COMMISSIONERS SET ASIDE THE LAKEFRONT TO BE A PARK FOREVER
3.11. WILLIAM OGDEN IS SENT TO CHICAGO
3.12. THE CANAL LAND BOOM
3.13. EARLY ATTEMPTS AT ARCHITECTURE: THE FIRST COURTHOUSE
3.14. THE FIRST HOTELS
3.15. ST. JAMES PRESBYTERIAN AND THE ENGLISH “GOTHICK” REVIVAL
.3.17. CHICAGO INCORPORATES AS A CITY: OGDEN IS ELECTED AS THE FIRST MAYOR
3.18. CHICAGO’S FIRST ARCHITECT: JOHN MILLS VAN OSDEL
3.19. THE BUBBLE BURSTS: THE 1837 FINANCIAL PANIC
CHAPTER 4. STRUGGLING THROUGH THE DEPRESSION: PRAIRE SCHOONERS AND STEEPLES (1838-1843)
4.1. GEORGE SMITH’S MONEY
4.2. JOHN C. CALHOUN AND THE DEMISE OF THE LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI, & CHARLESTON RAILROAD
4.3 THE START OF THE WHEAT TRADE
4.4. THE DEARBORN STREET BRIDGE
4.5. HENRY CLAY AND THE WHIGS BLOW A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY: THE ELECTION OF 1840
4.6. THE INVENTION OF THE GRAIN ELEVATOR
4.7. THE “CHURCH ROW” ACROSS FROM THE PUBLIC SQUARE
4.8. THE “STEEPLECHASE” BEGINS
4.9. VAN OSDEL AGREES TO BE THE CITY’S FIRST PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECT
4.10. ALL WORK ON THE CANAL IS SUSPENDED: MARCH 1843
CHAPTER 5. BOSTON MONEY MOVES WEST (1828-1845)
5.1. THE CHINA OPIUM TRADE: “THE BOSTON CONCERN”
5.3. LAUNDERING CHINESE OPIUM MONEY INTO RAILROADS
5.4. BOSTON REFINANCES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANAL
CHAPTER 6. COMPLETING THE CANAL IN THE FACE OF SOUTHERN RESISTANCE (1845-1848)
6.1. THE GREAT LOTTERY: A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD?
6.2. JAMES K. POLK DEFEATS BOTH VAN BUREN AND CLAY IN THE 1844 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
6.3. ASA WHITNEY BYPASSES ST. LOUIS ALONG THE 42ND PARALLEL TO THE PACIFIC
6.4. CALHOUN’S SOUTHERN TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTE
6.5. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS ENTERS THE FRAY
6.6. POLK DECLARES WAR ON MEXICO
6.7. WISCONSIN WANTS CHICAGO BACK
6.8. POLK VETOES FUNDING FOR INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
6.9. THE 1847 RIVER AND HARBOR CONVENTION
6.10. THE FOUNDING OF THE BOARD OF TRADE
6.11. THE GRAND OPENING OF THE CANAL
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