The United States ' two tallest towers are both located in Chicago ; Willis Tower ( formerly Sears Tower, and the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere ), and Trump International Hotel and Tower.

Chicago, London & Toronto: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1952 ( Great Books of the Western World coll .).

They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ), and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, and Chicago Blackhawks.

The following season, the Wings looked poised to " three-peat " for the first time in franchise history, acquiring three-time top blueliner Chris Chelios from his hometown Chicago Blackhawks in March 1999, but they would end up losing the Western Conference Semifinals to Colorado in six games.

In the years 1953 – 66 the Colts played in the NFL Western Conference ( also known as division ), but were never known to have a significant rivalry with any of the other franchises in that alignment, seeing as they were the eastern-most team and the rest of the division included the Great Lakes franchises Green Bay, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and after 1961, the Minnesota Vikings.

After the family moved from Western Pennsylvania to Chicago, Weissmüller continued swimming and eventually earned a spot on the YMCA swim team.

* Eric Charry, Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa, University of Chicago Press, 2000.

had a good supporting role in the Western Seven Men from Now ( 1956 ) and starred in The Missouri Traveler ( 1958 ) but it took over one hundred episodes as Chicago cop Frank Ballinger in the successful 1957-1960 television series M Squad to actually give him name recognition.

Since the breakup of the Chicago Bulls championship roster in the summer of 1998, the Western Conference has dominated, with the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs combining to win the title in nine of fourteen years.

The railway post office | RPO section of the Pioneer ZephyrIn response to Armstrong's request to experiment with the concept, the first railway post office ( RPO ) began operating on the Chicago and North Western Railway between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa, on August 28, 1864.

* John Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century, University Of Chicago Press, 1st ed.

While managing clients ' portfolios, he began to invest his own money, banking on a tip he had received from an uncle about the workers ' takeover of the Chicago and North Western Railroad, making approximately $ 6 million off his $ 100, 000 initial investment.

), Great Books of the Western World, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., Chicago, IL, 1952.

* Western ( CTA Brown Line station ), a station in Chicago, Illinois

* Western ( CTA Blue Line O ' Hare branch station ), a station in Chicago

* Western ( CTA Blue Line Congress branch station ) a station in Chicago

* Western ( CTA Pink Line station ), a station in Chicago

* Western ( CTA Orange Line station ) a station in Chicago

* March 20 – The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Denver & Rio Grande Western, and Western Pacific railroads inaugurate the California Zephyr passenger train between Chicago and Oakland, California, as the first long distance train to feature Vista Dome cars as regular equipment.

The IWW was founded in Chicago in June 1905 at a convention of two hundred socialists, anarchists, and radical trade unionists from all over the United States ( mainly the Western Federation of Miners ) who were opposed to the policies of the American Federation of Labor ( AFL ).

Washington's victory marked the end of race lines, such as Western Avenue in Chicago Lawn, which had kept Black Americans from living in White neighborhoods.

Two English translations of the Various History, by Fleming ( 1576 ) and Stanley ( 1665 ) made Aelian's miscellany available to English readers, but after 1665 no English translation appeared, until three English translations appeared almost simultaneously: James G. DeVoto, Claudius Aelianus: Ποιϰίλης Ἱοτορίας (" Varia Historia ") Chicago, 1995 ; Diane Ostrom Johnson, An English Translation of Claudius Aelianus ' " Varia Historia ", 1997 ; and N. G. Wilson, Aelian: Historical Miscellany in the Loeb Classical Library.

The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang ( Chicago: University of Chicago, 2004 ).

** Frederick Jackson Turner gives a lecture titled " The Significance of the Frontier in American History " before the American Historical Association in Chicago.

* April 17 – The Chicago Historical Society museum is established at 1601 N. Clark Street, Chicago.

On the 50th anniversary of Daley's first 1955 swearing-in, several dozen Daley biographers and associates met at the Chicago Historical Society.

The monument was moved to the lobby of the Chicago Historical Society in 1931.

On March 5, 1899, the Chicago Tribune publicized a Chicago Historical Society replica of the original fort.

Money in Historical Perspective, University of Chicago Press.

* Chicago Historical Society: Illinois & Michigan Canal

The bicentennial of Freetown was celebrated in 1987, when in reality Freetown was founded in 1792. Shaw, Rosalind, Memories of the Slave Trade: Ritual and the Historical Imagination in Sierra Leone ( 2002 ), University of Chicago Press, p. 37.

Despite crediting the Chicago Historical Society for assistance with historical research, much of the film is fictionalized.

History's Shadow: Native Americans and Historical Consciousness in the Nineteenth Century, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

* The John Ericsson Room at the American Swedish Historical Museum in Chicago

* Mossman, Ed ( 1883 ), " History of Benton County: Past Events -- Present Condition " in Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co.

Waterloo, Indiana from 1876 Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Baskin, Forster, Co., Chicago.

The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot ( Ironwood, Michigan ) | Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot ( now the Ironwood Historical Society ) is on the National Register of Historic Places

Historical attractions near or in Blue Springs include: Missouri Town 1855, Fort Ossage National Historic Site, Dillingham-Lewis House Museum, Chicago & Alton Hotel Museum, and the Lone Jack Civil War Museum.

11, No. 1 ( Oct., 1905 ), pp. 68-87, Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the American Historical Association Article Stable URL: http :// www. jstor. org / stable / 1832365

Robert Hewsen, a historian from Rowan College and the acknowledged authority in this field, wrote in his volume Armenia: A Historical Atlas, published by Chicago University Press:

Chicago: Henry Regnery Co. 1956.

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Co., 1907, contains an early defense of the materialist conception of history against its critics of the day

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr and Co., 1902.

* Carr, Clark E. ( 1909 ) The Railway Mail Service, Its Origin and Development, A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago.

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Co., 1950.

Chicago: Nelson-Hall Co. ISBN 0-88229-155-6.

Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Co., 1978.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co.

In 1903, the firm of Ernst & Ernst was established in Cleveland by Alwin C. Ernst and his brother Theodore and in 1906 Arthur Young & Co. was set up by the Scotsman Arthur Young in Chicago.

Notable examples include Polyester Books in Melbourne, Australia ; Cafe Royal in the UK ; Reading Frenzy and Powell's in Portland, OR ; Needles and Pens in San Francisco ; Atomic Books in Baltimore ; Quimby's in Chicago ; Mac's Backs Paperbacks in Cleveland, OH ; Boxcar Books in Bloomington, Indiana ; Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia ; Civic Media Center in Gainesville, FL ; Bluestockings in New York City ; Five in Charleston, SC ; Brian MacKenzie Infoshop in Washington, DC ; Book Beat & Co. in Oklahoma City, OK ; Printed Matter in New York City ; Copacetic Comics Co. and Big Idea Bookstore in Pittsburgh, PA ; Reading Material in Tokyo, Japan ; On Reading in Nagoya, Japan ; as well as MonkeyWrench Books and Domy Books in Austin, TX.

In 1915, the company acquired Chicago publisher Hammerung-Whitman Publishing Co., which became its subsidiary, Whitman Publishing Company.

( The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago & Nashville ), 1887.

Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1912. pp. 554 – 555

Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1915. p. 709

Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co.

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A small portion of the line is used by Monterey Coal Co. mine to connect with the former Chicago and North Western Transportation Company L & M District

He was an early member of the Chicago Board of Trade, being associated with Armour, Dole & Co. in Chicago.