Excerpt from The Geography of Chicago and Its Environs
It is the purpose of this essay to present an outline of the geography of Chicago and its immediate surroundings, and especially to sketch in as simple a manner as possible the course of events by which that geography was developed. The essay is not intended to take the place of the detailed descriptions of special localities heretofore published or yet to be published. Rather is it meant to give such an account of the region about the city that the interpretation of local phenomena may be more easily and more generally understood.
The detailed field work on which the essay is based was done by the junior author, who furnished the data for the maps, and made the first draft of the essay. Acknowledgment is also made of indebtedness to the work of earlier students, whose names are mentioned in the course of the essay.
In the preparation of the illustrations, valuable assistance has been given by Mr. Wallace W. Atwood, Mr. Frank H. Harms, Dr. Henry C. Cowles and Miss Evelyn Matz. The Frontispiece is from a model made by Mr. C. E. Siebenthal.
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