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  Chicago Union Stock Yards Fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chicago Union Stock Yards Fire occurred from December 22 to December 23, 1910 and resulted in the deaths of twenty-one firemen.
The fire, which broke out at Warehouse 7 of the Nelson Morris Company at the Chicago Union Stock Yards, was first reported on December 22 at 4:09 AM.
In 2004, a memorial to all Chicago firefighters who have died in the line of duty was erected at the location of the 1910 Stock Yards fire.
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 Land Cover Institute (LCI)
Chicago was under the jurisdiction of Indiana Territory and Illinois Territory from 1801 to 1818.
On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was incorporated with a population of 350.
Chicago's first airport, the Chicago Municipal Airport, was completed late in 1927 and early in December of that year it was being used by all of the carriers engaged in air traffic to and from Chicago.
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 Roosevelt University - History of Chicago - Module 1 Chapter 3
Chicago, in the period just prior to the Civil War, was fortunate in that its leadership contained men who clearly saw the advantages of the technological developments in transportation that were taking place in the first half of the 19th century.
Chicago's location on the Great Lakes system and the willingness of Chicagoans to take a chance on new modes of transportation such as canals, turnpikes, plank roads, and finally the railroad insured her position in the upper Midwest and her dominance over a great trading area.
Chicago's meat-packing plants were located on the south branch of the Chicago River about two and one half miles from the eventual location of the Union Stock Yards.
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 Chicago history facts, information, windy city trivia
Two Chicago disk jockeys came up with the idea of having people bring unwanted disco records to the stadium to be burned between the double header between the White Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
Chicago is home to the world's largest population of Poles outside of Warsaw.
Chicago's Oceanarium is the world's largest indoor marine mammal pavilion and doubles the size of the John G. Shedd Aquarium, which is the largest indoor aquarium in the world.
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 History Files - The Stockyards
The Birth of the Chicago Union Stock Yards
The rise and dominance of Chicago's Union Stock Yards marks a significant period in the city's economic and social history.
In 1848, when Chicago was only a connection for transporting livestock from the West to the rest of the country, small stockyards such as Lake Shore Yard and Cottage Grove Yard were scattered throughout the city along various rail lines.
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 Union Stock Yards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Union Stock Yard and Transit Co., or The Yards was a company and place in Chicago, Illinois.
The Chicago Union Stock Yards Fire burned on December 22-23, 1910, and killed twenty-one firemen, including the Fire Marshal James J. Horan.
The neighborhood to the west and south of the industrial park is still known as Back of the Yards, and is still home to a thriving immigrant population.
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Chicago and Pacific R.R., 1872-6, and its receiver, 1876-80; supt., Iowa Division C. and N.-W. Ry., 1880-3; gen. Supt.
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He drafted the law which led to the establishment of the sanitary district in Chicago, which he had tested in the courts prior to the public establishing by vote in 1889 the sanitary district.
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