| | Book | Save | | 1 | Title: | Eight months in Illinois: with information to immigrants
| | | | Creator: | Oliver, William. | | | | Publication: | W. M. Hill, Chicago,1924. | | | | Notes: | With facsimile of original t.-p., Newcastle upon Tyne, 1843. | | | | Call #: | F38J O48 1924 | | | | Extent: | 260 p. 21cm. | | | | Subjects: | Illinois -- Description and travel
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| Book | Save | | 2 | Title: | Pictures of Illinois one hundred years ago
| | | | Creator: | Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880- | | | | | Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825 | | | | | Blane, William Newnham, 1800-1825 | | | | | Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 | | | | Publication: | R. R. Donnelley, Chicago,1918. | | | | Call #: | F38JE Q2 | | | | Extent: | xxiii, 186p. port. 18cm. | | | | Subjects: | Illinois -- Description and travel
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| Book | Save | | 3 | Title: | Illinois as Lincoln knew it: a Boston reporter's record of a trip in 1847
| | | | Creator: | Buckingham, Joseph H., 1806-1880 | | | | | Pratt, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1901-1956 | | | | | Abraham Lincoln Association (Springfield, Ill.) | | | | Publication: | Springfield, Ill,1938. | | | | Notes: | "Reprinted from Papers in Illinois history and transactions for the year 1937, for members of the Abraham Lincoln Association." | | | | Call #: | Pam. P919 | | | | Extent: | 84 p. illus., plates, map. 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Illinois -- Description and travel
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| Book | Save | | 6 | Title: | Wau-bun: the "early day" in the North-west
| | | | Creator: | Kinzie, John H.Mrs, 1806-1870 | | | | | Gordon, Eleanor Lytle Kinzie, 1835-1917 | | | | Publication: | Rand, McNally & company, Chicago, New York,[c1901] | | | | Call #: | F42JE K56W3 | | | | Extent: | xiii. 15-393, a-j p. plates, 2 port. (incl. front.) 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin | Northwest, Old -- Description and travel | Fort Winnebago (Portage, Wis.) | Illinois -- Description and travel | Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Illinois -- Description and travel | Chicago (Ill.) -- History
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| Book | Save | | 7 | Title: | The far West, or, A tour beyond the mountains: embracing outlines of western life and scenery ; sketches of the prairies, rivers, ancient mounds, early settlements of the French, etc
| | | | Creator: | Flagg, Edmund, 1815-1890 | | | | Publication: | Harper & Bros, New York,1838. | | | | Call #: | F25J F574 | | | | Extent: | 2 v. ; 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Missouri -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | Illinois -- Description and travel
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| Book | Save | | 8 | Title: | Personal narrative of travels in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky: and of a residence in the Illinois Territory: 1817-1818
| | | | Creator: | Fordham, Elias Pym. | | | | | Ogg, Frederic Austin, 1878-1951 | | | | Publication: | A.H. Clark Co, Cleveland,1906. | | | | Notes: | "Selected list of contemporary travels": p. [239]-242. | | | | Call #: | F36J F712 | | | | Extent: | 248 p. illus., maps, 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel | Illinois -- Description and travel | United States -- Description and travel | English Prairie (Ill.) | Cleveland imprints 1906-
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| Book | Save | | 9 | Title: | Two years' residence in the settlement on the English Prairie, in the Illinois country, United States: with an account of its animal and vegetable productions, agriculture, &c. &c., a description of the principal towns, villages, &c. &c., with the habits and customs of the back-woodsmen
| | | | Creator: | Woods, John, d. 1829 | | | | Publication: | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Reessa, Orme, and Brown, London,1822. | | | | Call #: | F38DC W895 | | | | Extent: | 310 p. : 3 maps (2 fold.) ; 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois | Edwards County (Ill.) | Illinois -- Description and travel | Ohio River -- Description and travel
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| Book | Save | | 11 | Title: | A description of the bounty lands in the state of Illinois: also, the principal roads and routes, by land and water, through the territory of the United States; extending from the province of New-Brunswic, in Nova Scotia to the Pacific Ocean
| | | | Creator: | Dana, E. (Edmund) | | | | Publication: | Looker, Reynolds & co., printers, Cincinnati,1819. | | | | Notes: | "Description of the principal roads and routes, by land and water ..." with special t.-p,: p. [49]-108. The bounty lands comprised that part of Illinois between the Missippi and Illinois rivers. | | | | Call #: | F38DC D167 1819 Vault | | | | Extent: | 108 p. 20 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Bounties, Military -- United States | Illinois -- Description and travel | United States -- Public lands | Illinois -- Public lands | United States -- Distances, etc | Imprints, Early American To 1820 | Ohio imprints 1819
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| Book | Save | | 12 | Title: | Wau-bun, the "early day" in the North-west
| | | | Creator: | Kinzie, John H.Mrs, 1806-1870 | | | | Publication: | Derby & Jackson, H.W. Derby & co, New York, Cincinnati,1856. | | | | Notes: | Narrative of travel in Wisconsin and Illinois; life at Fort Winnebago (Portage) Wisconsin, 1830-1833; Chicago in 1831; Chicago massacre of 1812. | | | | Call #: | F42JE K56W | | | | Extent: | xii, 13-498 p. front., plates. 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin | Northwest, Old -- Description and travel | Portage (Wis.) | Illinois -- Description and travel | Chicago (Ill.) -- History | Ohio imprints 1856
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| Book | Save | | 13 | Title: | Prairie farming in America: With notes by the way on Canada and the United States
| | | | Creator: | Caird, JamesSir, 1816-1892 | | | | Publication: | Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, London,1859. | | | | Call #: | B 7671 | | | | Extent: | viii, 128 p. front. (fold. map) 18 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Agriculture -- United States | Agriculture -- Canada | Agriculture -- Mississippi River Valley | Northwest, Old -- Description and travel | Canada -- Description and travel | Illinois -- Description and travel | Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel | United States -- Description and travel
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| Book | Save | | 14 | Title: | A true picture of emigration: or Fourteen years in the interior of North America : being a full and impartial account of the various difficulties and ultimate success of an English family who emigrated from Barwick-in-Elmet, near Leeds, in the year 1831
| | | | Creator: | Burlend, Rebecca, 1793-1872 | | | | | Burlend, Edward, 1875 | | | | Publication: | G. Berger, London,[1848] | | | | Notes: | Attributed to Rebecca Burlend. Preface dated : Swillington, August 1st, 1848. An account of experiences in Pike County, Illinois, related by the author to her son. Edward Burlend, and recorded by him. | | | | Call #: | Pam. B1550 | | | | Extent: | 62 p. ; 18 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Burlend, Rebecca, -- 1793-1872 | Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois -- Pike County | Women pioneers -- Illinois -- Pike County | Illinois -- Description and travel | United States -- Emigration and immigration -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- 19th century | Pike County (Ill.) -- Biography
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