The Great Resources, And Superior Advantages Of The City Of Joliet, Illinois

ROWELL, HOPKINS [COMPILED BY]

Publication: Republican Steam Press Gritzner & Henderson, Book And Job Printers, 1871, Joliet

9" x 6" printed wrappers. 40pp. including wrappers. Introductory. Table. Map of Northeast Illinois showing rail connections, Lake Michigan, location of Joliet in relation to Chicago and the bordering state lines of Wisconsin and Indiana. Another map entitled City of Joliet has the statistics of Joliet such as the population in 1870, the value of buildings erected in 1870 etc... Enticing the working man to relocate to Joliet, forty miles southwest of Chicago. They have plenty to offer such as railroad facilities, natural resources, canal and water-power, agricultural resources, quarries with stone, building materials, artesian wells and water supply, churches, schools, fair grounds, et. al. Light chipping to front fore-edge and lower fore-corner else a nice copy of an informative brochure.

Inventory Number: 37965