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Sites about the fire of October 8-10, 1871 which destroyed over three square miles of the city of Chicago and started, by legend, by Mr. and Mrs. Patrick and Catherine O'Leary's cow.
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Click2Disasters: The Great Fire
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With hundreds of primary sources, relates how the great Chicago fire of 1871 raged while deadly fires also burned in Peshtigo, Wisconsin and central Michigan.
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Did The Cow Do It?
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Investigates the cause of the Great Chicago Fire, formerly blamed on a cow thought to have kicked over a lantern in Mrs. O'Leary's barn.
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Great Chicago Fire, The
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Personal page about a paranormal investigation report and historical information about the incident.
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The Great Chicago Fire
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A bird's-eye view of pre-fire Chicago describes Chicago up to the eve of the fire; section entitled "The Great Conflagration" examines the calamity itself.
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The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
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Photographs and sketches, essays and eyewitness accounts of the October 9, 1871 fire that killed over 300 persons and destroyed much of the city.
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