| 2. |  | Illinois Central Rail-Road Company Offer (sic) for Sale Over 2,400,000 Acres, Selected Prairie, Farm and Wood Lands | Covers (Illustration); Advertisements; Selling; Land | In the decade between 1850 and 1860, the Illinois Central had transformed the face of the Chicago lakefront, and had stimulated the development of the city's outlying areas. The era of railroad growth... |
