In the late 1850s, the streets on most of the South Side and parts of the North and West Sides were raised by an average of between four and five feet, though in some places by as ...

View of block on Lake Street between Clark and LaSalle during street raising, 1850s. Creator: Edward Mendel Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-00698)

During the 1850s and 1860s engineers carried out a piecemeal raising of the level of central Chicago. ... was puzzled to note that the front steps leading from the street ...

city?s street level as much as ten feet. The raising of Chicago in the 1850s and 1860s drew world-wide interest. Sewage still flowed into the lake, however, and in ...

Eastland County contest involves hair-raising topic ... and the Higginbotham Center in Rising Star on Main Street. ... A lot of people wore beards in the 1850s, so we just ...