Climate and Health, the Health Seeker
Not only is there no such thing as an ideal climate, except at certain times of the year for a particular disease, but the health seeker will find that climates …
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Rockford, the third largest city of Illinois
Rockford (742. alt., 150,115 pop.), seat of Winnebago County and third largest city in Illinois, is bisected by the Rock River 18 miles south of the Wisconsin Line. The metropolitan …
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Peoria, the second largest city of Illinois
Peoria (608 alt., 112,936 pop.), named for an Indian tribe, is the seat of Peoria County and Illinois’ second largest city. The Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of …
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Nauvoo on the Mississippi River, Illinois
Nauvoo (620 alt., 966 pop.), the city built up by Joseph Smith, stands on a promontory around which the Mississippi River flows, some fifty miles north of Quincy, Illinois. Here, …
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Joliet on the Des Plaines River, Illinois
Joliet (607 alt., 145,800 pop.), the seat of Will County, lies 35 miles southwest of Chicago, on the Des Plaines River and the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a part of …
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Galena by the old Fever River, Illinois
Galena (603 alt., 3,460 pop.), in the extreme northwest corner of the State, perches on the terraces cut by the old Fever River, a novel sight to eyes accustomed to …
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East St. Louis: A Railroad and Industrial Center in Illinois
East St. Louis (418 alt., 31,542 pop.), railroad and industrial center, lies opposite St. Louis, Mo., on the Mississippi flood plain known as the American Bottom. Steep bluffs rise several …
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Decatur on the bend of Sangamon River, Illinois
Decatur (682 alt., 81,500 pop.), seat of Macon County, lies on a bend in the Sangamon River, which was dammed here in 1923 to form Lake Decatur. An important railroad …
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From the Chicago River on Michigan Ave
Michigan Avune, from the river to Randolph Street, is a wide thoroughfare between towering buildings. South of Randolph Street the lake side of the avenue opens on Grant Park, but …
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Chicago: The Loop and Vicinity
The Loop, the crowded rectangle between Wabash Avenue and Lake, Wells, and Van Buren Streets, is bound round with a steel band of elevated tracks, upon which converge trains from …
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