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Chicago from the Air — Coming Soon
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SCOTUS Senate Confirmation Hearings
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Supreme Court Senate Confirmation Hearings - Monday, October 26, 2020
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Justin HendersonSponsors and credits for The Great Chicago Fire: A Chicago Stories Special
A Cow, A Lantern, and a Myth: Mrs. O'Leary and Nineteenth Century Immigrants in Chicago
Justin HendersonThere’s a common myth that pops up anytime the Chicago Fire of 1871 comes up in conversation: that a woman named Catherine O’Leary was milking her cow when the cow kicked over a lantern, igniting the barn and starting the fire that would destroy much of the city.
'The Water Tower Survived. We Will Survive.' — The Buildings and Objects that Outlasted the Chicago Fire | Chicago Fire | Chicago Stories
Justin HendersonWhen Joseph Hudlin heard that a fire was headed towards downtown Chicago, he left his home and rushed to the Board of Trade building where he was head janitor. Hudlin ran into the building to save important records before the building burned down.
Chicago, The Tinderbox: The Structural and Institutional Problems that Exacerbated the Fire | Chicago Fire | Chicago Stories
Justin HendersonWhen a messenger woke Mayor Roswell B. Mason in the early hours of October 9, 1871, the fire that ravaged his city of 300,000 people illuminated the faults that had been smoldering for decades.
'Chicago Shall Rise Again' — Rebuilding a Better City After the Blaze | Chicago Fire | Chicago Stories
Justin HendersonWhile the ground was still hot after the Chicago Fire of 1871, co-owner of the Chicago Tribune William Bross tried to put a positive spin on the disaster. “Go to Chicago now!” Bross said in newspaper interviews after the blaze. “Young men, hurry there! Old men, send your sons! Women, send your husbands! You will never again have such a chance to make money!”
The City on Fire | Chicago Stories
Justin HendersonOn Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started in Catherine O’Leary’s barn. No one knows exactly how it started, but everyone knows the result: The Great Chicago Fire. The city burned for more than a day, and homes, banks, civic buildings, and churches were all reduced to ash. But Chicagoans would rebuild their city, reaching new heights as they did.
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Coming Soon: The Great Chicago Fire | Chicago Stories
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