Don Wildman
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Could there be a better located metropolis?
I mean, you're on the edge of the Great Plains and all that farming and agriculture that's happening there.
You've got the Great Lakes right there for transportation.
You've got the railroad coming into town.
And you've got the economic engine of real estate already taking place.
It's a perfect storm of urban development.
I can't wait to do the part two of this.
Anne Durkin Keating is a historian of Chicago and the American Midwest.
She is the Dr. C. Frederick Tonigas Professor of History at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.
Her work focuses on urban growth, regional identity and the development of the city of Chicago.
What can be found in her various books, Rising Up from Indian Country, The Battle of Fort Dearborn, The Birth of Chicago, Chicagoland.
Read it all for the history of Chicago.