1861: May 11-July 11: The Journey West to Minnesota and back.

Wednesday, May 22, 1861:  Thoreau and Mann spent the day in Chicago. Thursday, May 23, 1861:  From Chicago to Dunleith via train.  At Dunleith, they boarded the steamboat Itasca.

Galena and Chicago Union Railroad
Chicago	9:15 a.m.
Harlem [Oak Park]	9:47 a.m.
Cottage Hill [Elmhurst]	10:04 a.m.
Babcock's Grove [Lombard]	10:16 a.m.
Danby [Glen Ellyn]	10:24 a.m.
Wheaton	10:33 a.m.
Winfield	10:41 a.m.
Junction (Aurora Junction)	10:53 a.m.
Wayne	11:07 a.m.
Clintonville [South Elgin]	11:18 a.m.
Elgin	11:30 a.m.
Gilbert's	11:50 a.m.
Huntley	12:06 p.m.
Union	12:25 p.m.
Marengo	12:36 p.m.
Garden Prairie	12:51 p.m.
Belvidere	1:09 p.m.
Cherry Valley	1:24 p.m.
Rockford	2:02 p.m.
Winnebago	2:22 p.m.
Pecatonica	2:42 p.m.
Nevada [Ridott]	2:58 p.m.
Freeport	3:15 p.m.
Illinois Central Railway
Freeport	3:30 p.m.
Eleroy	3:52 p.m.
Lena	4:02 p.m.
Nora	4:22 p.m.
Warren	4:30 p.m.
Apple River	4:45 p.m.
Scales Mound	5:05 p.m.
Council Hill	5:20 p.m.
Galena	5:38 p.m.
Menomonee	6:00 p.m.
Dunleith [East Dubuque]	6:20 p.m.

Times are based on the railroad schedule printed for July 1861.

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