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| Title | H. H. Porter; a short autobiography written for his children and grandchildren |
| Description | Henry H. Porter, born in 1835, worked in Chicago for various railroads most of his adult life. He describes his work on the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, the Chicago & North Western Railway, and several others railroad companies in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Porter also details events surrounding the Chicago fire and financial panics of the 1870s. |
| Subject (LCSH) | Railroads -- Northwest, Old; Chicago (Ill.) -- History; Galena and Chicago Union Railroad; |
| Geographic Location | United States--Illinois--Chicago |
| Time Period | 1850-1910 |
| Creator | Porter, Henry H. |
| Publisher | Chicago, Priv. print. [R.R. Donnelley and sons company] |
| Date | 1915 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | pdf |
| Identifier | Main Stacks F548.3 P84 |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | See http://library.knox.edu/digitalcollections/rightsinfo.htm |
| Collection | Railroads in the Midwest, Early Documents and Images (Knox College) |
| Date Digital | 2008-10-03 |
| Physical Description | 40 p., 2 l. incl. front. plates (part double) ports., map. 24 cm |
| Filename | HH_Porter.pdf |
