Report by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois to incorporate the Springfield and Alton Turnpike Road Company and construct a turnpike (rail-road) from Springfield to a point on the Mississippi in St. Clair County
Upon the Subject of A National Road From the City of Washington to New Orleans. Report from the Chief Engineer and the Board of Engineers for the reconnaissance of three Routes of a contemplated National Road, from Washington City to New Orleans
Complied from survey of Upper Mississippi River from St. Paul to Grafton - made in 1878 and 1879 under direction of Bvt. Lt. Col. F. U. Farquhar, U.S.A. Major, Corps of Engr's; with additions from notes and surveys done under the direction of Bvt. Maj. Gen'l G. K. Warren, U.S.A. Major, Corps of Engr's, Col. J. N. Macomb, Corps of Engr's and Major A. MacKenzie, Corps of Engr's. Drawn under the
Being a General Review of the Subjects Involved in the Consideration of a General System, Embracing Main Trunk Roads, State Credit, And Other Matters Pertinent Thereto
Map of the following subdivisions: Shield's, Yeddo Park, Bright Side, Reavis Estate Subdiv., Smith's Subd. of Heights, Shady Side; and the following roads: Big Bend, Sutton, Glendale, Gray, Elm, Rock Hill and Central Avenue. Also, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad.
Photograph of unpaved road that is muddy, many ruts from carriage wheels are visible. A carriage is visible parked on the left side of the road. The title is taken from the remains of a caption on the front of the photograph., Notice the open drainage ditch on the right side of the road. There are also two men standing outside the doorway of the building on the left looking at the camera. There is also a horseshoe over the open door the men are standing in front of, horseshoes attached to the front of buildings appear in several of the photographs in this collection.
Together With the Proceedings Had In Aid of the Objects of That Incorporation By the Carlinville Convention, And the Reports of the Engineer And Executive Committee of the Convention Upon the Practicability And Advantages of the Undertaking.