Chapter 26

OMAHA TO CHICAGO. 275

OMAHA TERMINUS--CROSS THE MISSOURI--COUNCIL BLUFFS--THE FOREST--CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI--THE CULTIVATED PRAIRIE--THE FARMSTEADS AND VILLAGES--APPROACH TO CHICAGO--THE CITY OF CHICAGO--ENTERPRISE OF ITS MEN--THE WATER TUNNELS UNDER LAKE MICHIGAN--TUNNELS UNDER THE RIVER CHICAGO--UNION OF LAKE MICHIGAN WITH THE MISSISSIPPI--DESCRIPTION OF THE STREETS AND BUILDINGS OF CHICAGO--PIGS AND CORN--THE AVENUE--SLEIGHING--THEATRES AND CHURCHES