Description: This fascinating account explores the significance of the Chicago Portage, one of the most important--and neglected--sites in early US history.
Review Quotes: "There is a place for this book on the Chicago History shelf." --Theodore Karamanski, author of Civil War Chicago: Eyewitness to History
"The Chicago Portage has been all but obliterated by the city it made possible. Knitting together many threads of research, this book reconstructs the portage from its geological beginnings, taking the reader on a fascinating journey alongside Native Americans; fur traders; Marquette, Jolliet, and LaSalle; and Chicago's first settlers." --Libby Hill, author of The Chicago River: A Natural and Unnatural History