Great Chicago Fire

Book Review: Chicago Calamities by Gayle Soucek

Chicago is an amazing, strong, vibrant, energetic, constantly changing city. The city rebuilt after a Great Fire and is always evolving. Chicago...

Joseph Medill, a remarkable mayor

After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the city needed a strong public servant to rebuild. Chicagoans wisely elected Joseph Medill in 1871 to...

Your Ancestors and the Great Chicago Fire

Today is the 140th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. The origin remains a mystery but Mrs. O’Leary’s cow still gets the credit....

Chicago Methodists and the Temple Building

Have you ever walked past the Chicago Temple Building at 77 W. Washington in Chicago? Have you ever sat in Daley Plaza and faced the Temple...

A cautious, protective mayor of Chicago

Roswell B. Mason, born September 19, 1805, in New Hartford, New York, married Harriet L. Hopkins in 1831, and they had eight children.Most likely,...

New beginnings after the Great Chicago Fire

About 11 p.m., Monday, October 9, 1871, saving rain began to fall. The flying, molten cinders and whirling, burning gas ended. By early Tuesday...

Upcoming Chicago-area genealogy meetings

Fall is approaching and that means the kids will return to school and the adults will begin attending genealogy meetings again. Most genealogical...

The rampaging Great Chicago Fire

Unfortunately for the sleeping Catherine and Patrick O’Leary family, the 29thOctober fire in Chicago started in their two-story barn on...

The origin of the Great Chicago Fire

The leaves on the trees turned brown, crumbled and fell to the ground prematurely in September, 1871. It was hot, as hot as it was in 2011, but...

Chicago history: Quote of the week

This week’s quote comes from a document titled, The Inquiry into the Cause of the Chicago Fire and the Actions of the Fire Department.Here is...

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Great Chicago Fire

Book Review: Chicago Calamities by Gayle Soucek

Joseph Medill, a remarkable mayor

Your Ancestors and the Great Chicago Fire

Chicago Methodists and the Temple Building

A cautious, protective mayor of Chicago

New beginnings after the Great Chicago Fire

Upcoming Chicago-area genealogy meetings

The rampaging Great Chicago Fire

The origin of the Great Chicago Fire

Chicago history: Quote of the week

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