Little Fort Catalyst Commercial shipping was a catalyst in allowing early Little Fort to grow into a city prior to the arrival of the Commercial Shipping railroad and roads that could be used in all seasons. Even before the harbor was constructed, ships...
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Little Fort Catalyst Commercial shipping was a catalyst in allowing early Little Fort to grow into a city prior to the arrival of the Commercial Shipping railroad and roads that could be used in all seasons. Even before the harbor was constructed, ships were bringing in and taking out supplies and resources. The lake allowed the growing population to fulfill needs that could not be acquired locally. In 1846 alone 340 ships of all types arrived in town. There were 140 steamers, 45 propelled driven ships, and 155 sailing ships. The primary product carried in these ships was lumber for all the building that the town was doing in this period. EN ESPAÑOL & ENGLISH Other materials would include salt, machinery, and furniture. Leaving our lakefront was the area’s production of wheat, oats, corn, waukeganparks.org/signs barley, and beans. By the end of the As more goods came in, warehouses were being constructed 1840s, nearly 600,000 bushels of to store them. Beginning in 1850, barrels of whis
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