James R. Grossman (EDT)/ Ann Durkin Keating (EDT)/ Janice L. Reiff (EDT)/ Newberry Library (COR)/ Chicago Historical Society (COR)/ James R. Grossman
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From its humble beginnings as a fur-trading outpost, Chicago has become one of the foremost centers of world finance and trade. With its blue-collar work ethic and an economic history that extends int
One of the great American metropolises, Chicago rises out of the prairie in the heart of the country, buffeted by winds coming off the plains and cooled by the waters of the inland sea of Lake Michig
