Author: David G. Clark
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2007-07-11
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 1439635021
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It winds from Chicago to L.A.so says Nat King Coles classic hit (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66. Beginning in 1926, Route 66 was the only U.S. highway providing a direct connection between the Windy City and the City of Angels; thus, it is no wonder that Route 66 would become the metaphor of the American journey. The crescent-shaped route from the shore of Lake Michigan to the southern Pacific Coast followed a corridor blazed by Native American footpaths, pioneer waterways, and transcontinental railroads. As the frontier moved across the Great Plains to the ocean, Chicago was the point of embarkation for people emigrating from the east, and it was the marketplace for the products harvested in the west. During the golden age of the car culture, Chicago was where people started their California trips as they took the highway thats the best.
Author: Robert Tabern
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1300710683
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Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2019-09
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0359890199
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Outside the Rails: A Rail Route Guide from Chicago to Kansas City" is a 334-page route guidebook for passengers traveling Amtrak's Southwest Chief train through Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. Learn interesting facts about the people, place, and history passing by outside the window between Chicago and Kansas City. This book was written by Robert and Kandace Tabern with the Midwest Rail Rangers.
Author: Hubert Marshall Skinner
Publisher:
Published: 1910
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13:
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Published: 1891
Total Pages: 764
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Author: Chicago Board of Trade
Publisher:
Published: 1898
Total Pages: 462
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