Tag: Illinois and Michigan Canal. I&M Canal
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The Illinois and Michigan Canal: The Ditch That Made Chicago
Before Chicago became a city of railroads, slaughterhouses, smoke, and steel, it was a muddy settlement cut open by ambition. The Illinois and Michigan Canal promised movement, money, and connection, but beneath that promise were land deals, labor, displacement, panic, and the bargain that helped make Chicago.
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