SWIFT, now one of the Trustees of the said Illinois and Michigan Canal, together with a skillful and experienced engineer in the topographical corps of the United States Army, to be designated by ...

We're starting back in the 1830s. - Perfect. - With the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. It started right here in LaSalle at the Illinois River and ended in Chicago at Lake Michigan.

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(Acme Newspictures) Oliver B. Green, a contractor for the Illinois and Michigan Canal, had an idea to make Lincoln Park more attractive than its natural beauty alone could provide, and he had the ...

To address this, Metra is seeking rider input on two proposed naming systems through a public survey. This move is both ...

In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was often mentioned in the pages of the Tribune and other Chicago newspapers. The name ...

Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has apparently joked he is renaming Lake Michigan as 'Lake Illinois ... for the Panama Canal to be returned to American ownership and for the U.S ...

Top-notch bass anglers Ryan Whitacre and Josh Sokol had quite the day fishing in the dyed-green Chicago River in front of ...

Redfin Premier agent Kimberly Hogue said Fairport is a quaint village right on the Erie Canal-full of trendy restaurants, bars, breweries and distilleries. The village, 15 minutes' drive southeast of ...

Last week, the Moser family reported that “it is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Thomas Francis Moser, who died ...

After announcing plans to take back the Panama Canal, Trump has said that the ... Rashida Tlaib of Michigan is holding up a whiteboard which currently reads, "That's a lie!" as Trump discussed ...

Trump’s menacing overtures are so concerning that U.S. Congressman Seth Magaziner of Rhode Island last week introduced the No ...