History of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago Volume 1, PT. 1

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. ...the State of Illinois was admitted to the Union. Few of them, however, except some Germans, had found their way to Chicago prior to the receipt of the first telegraphic message from Milwaukee, on the 15th of January, 1848. The "Garden City" was still an American town, and Illinois, with a population of 851,470 in 1850, and Wisconsin with 305,391 in 1850 were still American commonwealths. Chronological Table--1843-1848 The Chicago branch of the State bank finally closed in 1843 The Chicago Hide & Leather Company was organized in 1843 The Chicago Daily Journal issued its first number April 22 1844 Gem of the Prairie (afterwards merged with the Tribune, first issued May 20)....1844 First permanent public school building erected 1845 First newspaper printed in a foreign language, Chicago Volks frcund issued November 26 1845 First chair manufactory established 1845 First levy of special taxes for street improvements 1846 War with Mexico declared, May 11 1846 Chicago made a port of entry, July 16 1846 River and Harbor Convention held in Chicago, July 5 1847 First stove foundry (the Phoenix) established in 1846 County hospital opened March 30 1847 Rice's first, theater opened June 28.1847 Chicago Tribune first issued July 10 1847 Weekly steamboat line to Sault Ste. Marie established in August 1847 The first oats were shipped by lake in 1847 The first insane asylum wiis built in.... 1847 The first law school was-pened in 1847 McCormick's Reaper factory was opened in 1847 The first municipal building and market, erected in January...1848 The first telegram received in Chicago (from Milwaukee), January 15 1848 Contract let for building first 32 miles of Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (the first 7 miles was let in fall in 1847),...