"People will say that they are surprised that Mayo Clinic could flourish in a place like Rochester. My response is that Mayo Clinic thrives not in spite of, but rather because of Rochester," said Matthew Dacy, the director of Mayo Clinic’s Heritage Hall.
On Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad dispatched a train from a station on Kinzie Street just north of the Chicago River. It was the first railroad in a city that in future decades would become a rail hub for the entire nation. As the system grew, tracks and rail yards fanned out around the city center, making through passage difficult. So for years, until air travel took .
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