She came soon to know that the west side of State street was tabooed by wealthy shoppers, who bought only on the east side; that wabash avenue was yet more select, and that no one who owned a carriage ever traded in the bargain stores.
"Rose of Dutcher's Coolly"
Hamlin Garland
The two women went to put on their hats, and when they returned all three entered the carriage waiting at the door and were driven quickly toward the rooms of the "Renaissance Club" in lower wabash Avenue.
"With Edge Tools"
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
Into it empty the Alleghany, Monongahela, Muskingum, the Kanawhas, Big Sandy, Scioto, the Miamis, Licking, Kentucky, Green, wabash, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, each draining great valleys, and bringing with its volume of waters a proportionate quota of travel and commerce.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy