This Sunday is your last chance to see the "City on Fire: Chicago 1871" exhibit at the Chicago History Museum. One word — why ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- On the night of Sunday, Oct. 8, 1871 ... the fire – which are scarce and priceless 152 1/2 years later. One such item can be found outside the Chicago History Museum, at ...

{Polk and Canal Streets], Chicago Tribune, October 10, 1871 3. 10pm - midnight The fire, fanned by the strong southwest wind, is on the move -- and terrified Chicagoans start to flee. Struggling ...

While the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 reduced much of the city to ashes ... which were common before the Great Chicago Fire.

Mr. Smith is the author of “Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City.” When the monumental fire of October 1871 struck Chicago, the city, which had ...