History of Cook County, Illinois, Vol. 1 of 2

Download or read book History of Cook County, Illinois, Vol. 1 of 2 written by Weston Arthur Goodspeed and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Cook County, Illinois, Vol. 1 of 2: Being a General Survey of Cook County History, Including a Condensed History of Chicago and Special Account of Districts Outside the City Limits; From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time The Editors and Publishers in their laborious researches have received from all with whom they have come in contact nothing but courtesy and assistance. Particularly are their grateful ac knowledgments due the Officers and attendants Of the Chicago His torical Society, the Chicago city'library, the Municipal Library, the Library Of Congress, the War Department and the various and numerous city and county departments. T 0 Hon. William D. Barge, assistant corporation counsel, and C01. Francis A. Eastman, city statistician, are thanks due for valuable assistance and special favors. After all, the most important, valuable and reliable sources of infor mation were found in the Old newspaper files wisely preserved and guarded in the Chicago Historical Society Library and the Chicago City Library and kindly submitted to our writers and compilers with out any restrictions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.