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The Chicago Portage was an ancient portage that connected the Great Lakes waterway system with the Mississippi River system. Connecting these two great water trails meant comparatively easy access from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River on the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Another route was the Chicago River and across the Chicago Portage to the Des Plaines River and south to the Illinois. Alternatively, from the northwest side of Lake Michigan, at the head of Green Bay , up the Fox River , past serious rapids to Lake Winnebago , up the Fox and over a short portage to the Wisconsin River and southwest to the ...
Coburg, Victoria sign acknowledging that the Wurundjeri people originally inhabited the land, and containing the Australian Aboriginal flag. A land acknowledgement or territorial acknowledgement is a formal statement that acknowledges the original Indigenous peoples of the land, spoken at the beginning of public events. The custom of land ...
Head of the Fox River, Wisconsin; Chicago village 1673 St. Joseph River Village, Michigan (River of the Miamis) (Fr), Kalamazoo River Village, Michigan 1703 Detroit village, Michigan 1720–63 Miami River locations, Ohio Scioto River village (near Columbus), Ohio 1764 Wabash River villages, Indiana 1831 Indian Territory (Oklahoma)
Canal companies had also been chartered in the states, and like turnpikes these early canals were constructed, owned, and operated by private joint-stock companies. The first to complete this work was the Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Connecticut River, which was chartered on February 23, 1792 with the signature of Governor John ...
Alfred Kelley (November 7, 1789—December 2, 1859) was a banker, canal builder, lawyer, railroad executive, and state legislator in the state of Ohio in the United States. He is considered by historians to be one of the most prominent commercial, financial, and political Ohioans of the first half of the 19th century.
Meet the new boss: Six Flags. Before the acquisition of Cedar Fair, Six Flags' closest location to Ohio was Gurnee, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. But the company's roots in the Buckeye state run ...
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