In 1871, The Great Chicago Fire Happened At The Same Time As A Less Remembered & Worse One: Peshtigo
Today is the 149th anniversary of the 1871 Chicago fire that destroyed so much of what was then a rapidly growing area of commerce. It had been incorporated as a city in 1837, only 34 years before it was ravaged by The Great Chicago Fire. đ But did you know that on the same night […]