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Hill, Libby. The Chicago River: A Natural and Unnatural History. Chicago: Lake Claremont Press, 2000.
When French explorers Jolliet and Marquette used the Chicago portage to access the Mississippi River system, the Chicago River was but a humble, even sluggish, stream in the right place at the right time. That’s the story of the making of Chicago. This is the other story—the story of the making and perpetual re-making of a river by everything from pre-glacial forces to the interventions of an emerging and mighty city. — Lake Claremont Press website.