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Mar 4, 2010 · The largest city of the American Midwest, Chicago, Illinois, was founded in 1830 and quickly grew to become, as Carl Sandburg’s 1916 poem put it, “Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat ...
Mar 2, 2016 · Print Page. The origins of Chicago’s famous nickname are not entirely clear. The most obvious explanation is that it comes from the frigid breezes that blow off Lake Michigan and sweep through...
Nov 9, 2009 · Illinois became a territory of the United States and achieved statehood in 1818. During Prohibition, Chicago became synonymous with bootleg liquor and gangsters like Al Capone.
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Mar 4, 2010 · The Chicago Fire of 1871, also called the Great Chicago Fire, burned from October 8 to October 10, 1871, and destroyed thousands of buildings, killed an estimated 300 people and caused an ...
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Dec 2, 2009 · On July 27, 1919, an African American teenager drowned in Lake Michigan after violating the unofficial segregation of Chicago’s beaches and being stoned by a group of white youths.
Nov 24, 2009 · The Great Chicago Fire of 1971 begins, a two-day blaze that killed between 200 and 300 people, destroyed 17,450 buildings, left 100,000 homeless and caused an estimated $200 million in damages.
Jul 26, 2019 · In the two previous years, white supremacists had bombed over 25 black homes in an effort to keep black people out of the city. The police never intervened. Veterans in Chicago formed militias to ...
