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Description. This newspaper article appeared in the Chicago Daily Tribune on October 9, 1874. It describes McCormick reapers and other innovations by C.H. & L.J. McCormick. The author credits the McCormick Reaper-Works with helping to improve farm implements as well as bringing wealth and success to the city of Chicago.
Mar 17, 2003 · Chicago Tribune, July 18, 1874. Accused of Setting the Great Fire. Nathan Isaacson, a Polish Jew, was arrested yesterday afternoon on the complaint of Jacob Wolfson, who charges him with arson in having set fire to his junk-shop, adjoining French’s oil factory, and this causing the great conflagration of Tuesday.
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The Chicago History Museum is situated on ancestral homelands of the Potawatomi people, who cared for the land until forced out by non-Native settlers. Established in 1856, the Museum is now at 1601 N. Clark Street in Lincoln Park, its third location.
Nov 16, 2023 · This is exactly what happened in the Delmar area. The 1874 plat map shows a small depot on the original site between two curving sets of track, between Clinton and Vane streets. The 1894 plat map shows no depot at that location, but there is a very small depot a block to the west.
Jul 7, 2021 · The fire of 1874 destroyed more than 80% of Black-owned property in Chicago. But Black people persisted and built vital cultural traditions and institutions. by Tonia Hill via The TRiiBE on July 7, 2021. ...8 hours, the fire burned more than 47 acres, destroying more than 800 buildings and killing 20 people.
The Chicago Fire of 1874 was a conflagration in Chicago, Illinois, that took place on July 14, 1874. Reports of the extent of the damage vary somewhat, but sources generally agree that the fire burned forty-seven acres just south of the Loop, destroyed 812 structures and killed 20 people.
Jan 10, 2022 · On July 14, 1874, the Chicago Fire of 1874, also known as the Second Great Chicago Fire, destroyed 47 acres and 812 homes. This fire consumed an area south of the 1871 fire.
