I N D E X 301 accretion, 157, 158–59, 225 Albany Argus, 13, 15, 42 Albany Regency, 2, 4, 11 Aldis, Owen, 247 American Geographical & Statistical Society , 213 American Land Co., 46, 64, 91; description of, 60–61; Ogden and, 61; structure of, 65 Ampere, J. J., 128 antislavery issue, 134–36 Armour, Philip Danforth, 60, 191 Arnold, Isaac: and Chicago Historical Society , 178–79; and Chicago North Side home, 70, 181, 229; family of, escapes from Chicago Fire, 231–33; and Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, 98–99, 116–17; and Illinois & Michigan Canal, 87–88; as Lincoln biographer, 232; on Ogden, 7, 29, 35, 85, 126, 150, 184, 239, 242, 249, 255, 264; Ogden shares vision for railroads with, 144–46; at railroad convention, 101; speaks at Ogden memoriam , 264 Arnold, Ogden & Co., 72 Arnot, Marianna, 221, 256. See also Ogden, Marianna Arctic, shipwreck of, 133 banking, 129–30 Bank of the United States, 129 Barry, William, 178, 179 Best Friend of Charleston locomotive, 9 Boorstin, Daniel, 128 boosterism, 61–62 Brady’s Bend Iron Works, 164–65 Brainard, Dr. Daniel, 93–94, 134 Bridgeport, Ill., 68, 127, 139 Bronson, Arthur: meets C. Butler, 41; builds house in Chicago, 44; early visit of, to Chicago, 42–43; purchases land in Chicago , 46, 65; and Illinois & Michigan Canal, 45, 88; advises Ogden, 58; hires Ogden to handle real estate investments 86 Bronson, Frederick, 54 Brooklyn Eagle, 226 Buffalo, N.Y., 37, 43, 52, 56, 82, 83, 124, 127, 134, 212 Burnham, Daniel, 247 businessman, background of term, 128 Butler, Benjamin, 1–5, 46 Butler, Charles: and American Land Co., 60–61, 64; background of, 40–42; buys Bronson’slandinChicago,46;celebrates golden wedding anniversary, 256; and Chicago & Michigan Steamboat Co., 69; and Chicago & North Western Railroad , 198; death of, 257, 262; describes Chicago, 43–44; discusses New York Assembly race with Ogden, 1–5; dispatches Ogden to Chicago, 46–47; early visit to Chicago, 42–43, 264; effect of Panic of 1837 on, 81, 86; European vacation of, 131–33; and Illinois & Michigan Canal, 45; and land reform, 40–41; marries Eliza Ogden, 40; Ogden as client of, 66; receives Ogden’s letter about Chicago Fire, 229, 237, 253; relocates to New York, 58; and Rock River Valley Union Railroad , 146; shares railroad vision with Ogden, 144–46; visits Ohio, Indiana to study opportunities in, 45; writes to Eliza Ogden, 194 Butterfield, Justin, 87, 88, 97 California Gold Rush, 39 Camp Douglas, 189 Canadian-Pacific Railroad, 218–19 Canal Party, 84 Index 302 canals, early history of, 36–37 Canda, Charles A.: and Brady’s Bend Iron Works, 164; interest in Panama Canal, 222; and Northern Pacific Railroad, 215; and Ogden estate, 260 Canfield, Thomas, 211–12, 215 Cannonsville, N.Y., 23–24. See also Dickinson City, N.Y Cass, Gen. George, 215, 218 Central Pacific Railroad, 151, 155 Chesbrough, Ellis, 137 Chicago: in 1829, 43; in 1835, 52; in 1848, 125–26; in 1855, 139; in 1866, 192; antisewage campaign in, 137–40; Butler, Bronson visit, 41–42; Camp Douglas, 189–90; after Civil War, 163; early commerce in, 80; early government in, 75; early history of, 47–51; factors in early development of, 60–62; funding for harbor in, 51; Great Fire in, 229–37, 244–49; immigrants to, 19, 68–69, 92, 230; incorporation as city, 73; incorporation as town, 51; infrastructure problems of, 136–37; legal description of, 51; “lifting” city buildings of, 137; Lincoln Park, 162, 234; population in 1836, 63; population in 1860, 92, 136; postfire growth of, 252; problems of, 177; progress of, 176; reversing course of river, 139–41; South Clark Street area, 177; as terminus of Illinois & Michigan Canal, 99 Chicago Academy of Science, 191 Chicago American, 52, 74 Chicago & Alton Railroad, 146, 186 Chicago & Fort Wayne Railroad, 146. See also Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Chicago & Michigan Steamboat Co., 69 Chicago & Milwaukee Railroad, 204 Chicago & Mississippi Railroad, 148 Chicago & North Western Railway (premerger ): chartered, 148; merges with Galena & Chicago Union, 197–203; Ogden’s vision for, 144–45. See also Chicago , St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railway Chicago & North Western Railway (postmerger ): culpability in Peshtigo fire, 228; extension to Iron Cliffs mines, 168; extension to Michigan mining region, 174; freight house built, 206; honors Ogden, 207; and labor movement , 206–7; lawsuits against, 199–201; Ogden resigns as president of, 207; and Peninsula Rail-Road, 166, 201; as postal carrier, 204; size and scope of, in 1960, 156; success of, after merger, 204, 207, 209; and...