looking northwest from foster and lincoln
Flash back to about 1892 as we board the Lincoln Avenue trolley car at Dearborn and Monroe in downtown Chicago. We pay our 5 cent fare to travel eight miles north to Lincoln Ave. ( Little Fort Road at the time) and Foster Avenue (59th avenue at the time).
The one-hour trip takes us to what was once largest native Indian village in the Chicago area existing until about 1835.
Continue reading “Bowmanville: Pickles, Flowers, and Skeletons”