Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Historical Sketches of the Public School System of the City of Chicago, to the Close of the School Year 1878-79
I boarded at Elder Freeman's. His house must have been situated some four or five blocks southeast of the School, near Mr. Snow's, with scarce a house between. What few buildings there were then. Were mostly on Water Street. I used to go across without regard to streets. It was not uncommon in going to and from school, to see prairie wolves, and we could hear them howl any time in the day. We were frequently annoyed by Indians; but the great difficulty we had to encounter was mud. No person now, can have a just idea of what Chicago mud used to be. Rub bers were of no account. I purchased a pair of gentlemen's brogans and fastened them tight about the ankle, but would still go over them in mud and water, and was obliged to have a pair of men's boots made.
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