How Chicago Became the Heart of America

A deep dive into Chicago, the Capital of the Midwest and host of the 20204 Democratic National Convention. Subscribe for more https://www.youtube.com/TheDailyConversation/
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Discover Chicago: The Crossroads of America
0:00 Welcome to Chicago
1:20 A Sleepy Frontier Town
2:04 Railroads Help Industry Takes Off
3:10 Prarie Boomtown
5:00 Union Stockyards
6:24 The Battle Against Cholera
7:10 Chicago's Innovative Water System
9:02 Reversing the River

Thanks to Paul Durica and the Chicago History Museum https://www.chicagohistory.org/

Main sources: WTTW Chicago's local PBS station https://www.youtube.com/@wttw
Source for archival images: https://artic.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/mqc
WTTW PBS Chicago: https://www.youtube.com/@UC0H7JADShpxWDjGQ4WhXPtQ
The Current War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHbyksLnFwA&pp=ygUbdGhlIGN1cnJlbnQgd2FyIGZhaXIgc2NlbmUg
University of Chicago’s Atomic Ambitions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCvLuKqv9-s&pp=ygUPY2hpY2FnbyBxdWFudHVt
Nuclear Industry of Illinois
https://apnews.com/article/illinois-nuclear-moratorium-modular-reactors-solar-wind-225d14cefb03793e08f0802745df4e02
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Illinois
Demographics of Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Chicago
Timuel Black Interview on The Great Migration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqn5OmF23HY&pp=ygUUY2hpY2FnbyB0aW11ZWwgYmxhY2s%3D
Create Rail Improvement Projects https://www.createprogram.org/projects/
Renovating Union Station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS2veYdpjEk
Chicago is America’s Rail Hub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYfxo2otxCw&t=6s&pp=ygUld2FsbCBzdHJlZXQgam91cm5hbCBjaGljYWdvcyByYWlsIGh1Yg%3D%3D
Chicago by L https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wXB8htl3Zo&t=381s&pp=ygUMY2hpY2FnbyBieSBs
City at War: Chicago’s Steel Industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMvSoMkT1iQ&t=1416s&pp=ygUTY2l0eSBhdCB3YXIgY2hpY2Fnbw%3D%3D
NYT: A Battle Between a Great Lake and a Great City https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/07/07/climate/chicago-river-lake-michigan.html
Metro Water Reclamation Department Virtual Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__yXMrBYek4&pp=ygURbXdyZCB2aXJ0dWFsIHRvdXI%3D
NBC: How Chicago drains its river during flooding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVSvoIQjin4&pp=ygUXbmJjIHJpdmVyIGxha2UgbWljaGlnYW4%3D
Air temperature increase https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/national/202313
Hydrologist Drew Gronewold on Lake Michigan’s High Water Level https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBCA209dWOk&t=1s&pp=ygUOZHJldyBncm9uZXdvbGQ%3D
The history of Millenium Park https://youtu.be/9yU788KLA80
Biking the boulevards https://youtu.be/iul9fMFH66w?si=UauGHXwx3ZKlySRj
Giulia Baroncini https://www.instagram.com/semicercatesonoingiro/
Building the Obama Center https://youtu.be/NUAW7dPzW_E?si=oP4BbbUlJsridWRs
Meigs Field news coverage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF5PFeanycg
Meigs doc https://youtu.be/hhz7Xi9cmII?si=S_gsI--S33xLQyZe
Building Chicago's parks https://youtu.be/lS_YC_tQhXs?si=w2088_669rvuJJ3K
WTTW City in a garden history https://news.wttw.com/2012/12/13/city-garden
VK Brown https://youtu.be/GWAr7Nyj_qI?si=j0TahCW1DXU8b1hU&t=155
More https://www.pgpedia.com/b/virgil-k-brown
Jane Addams documentary https://youtu.be/76Vv441e4nk?si=SXK-nc9QILD5MDit
Forest Preserves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d6p6Fo4Wls