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	"My kind of town, Chicago is" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chicago is the third largest city in the United States and one of the country's leading industrial, commercial, transportation, and financial centers.
		Chicago occupies a flatland that is crossed by two short rivers: the Chicago River and the Calumet.
		Chicago was predominantly a port and trading center for raw materials from the Midwest and finished goods from the East, but it soon developed as a national railroad junction and an important manufacturing center.
	www.puertoricanpower.net /chicago_is (903 words)

	DeKoven Street (Chicago) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		DeKoven Street is a street in Chicago, Illinois named for John DeKoven.
		The Great Chicago Fire started on DeKoven Street in a barn belonging to Patrick and Catherine O'Leary.
		At the time, the street was in a less prosperous neighborhood of Chicago.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/DeKoven_Street_(Chicago) (99 words)

	The Chicago Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The wind was blowing a gale from the south and carried the fire through the heart of the city for miles.
		The burnt section of Chicago covers upwards of two square miles in the heart of the city.
		The --- (unreadable) at Chicago was this morning believed to have been extinguished by the heavy rains of last night, but the telegraph wires were then broken, preventing the arrival of direct intelligence.
	www.iltrails.org /cook/fire.html (936 words)

	Great Chicago Fire
		O'Leary on DeKoven Street, historians now believe it was begun by Daniel "Pegleg" Sullivan, who first reported the fire.
		In 1997 the Chicago City Council formally investigated the fire and absolved Mrs.
		The fire spread so quickly because of plank sidewalks, high winds and the Chicago River itself starting on fire from the massive amounts of pollution in the greasy river.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/great_chicago_fire.html (593 words)

	A Brief History Of Chicago - VirtualChicagoLand.com
		Streets were constantly muddy and unhealthy, and traffic through them was (and ironically still is) always a problem.
		The Columbian Exposition is universally known as a hallmark of the city's crowning achievements and firmly cemented Chicago as one of the finest cities in the world.
		In 1963 William Hartmann, a Chicago architect, approached the famous artist Pablo Picasso with an invitation to create a model for a sculpture that was to be erected in the city's Civic Center.
	www.virtualchicagoland.com /history/chicago_history.php (2041 words)

	Chicago Real Estate - Nancy Gaspadarek, Realtor
		Construction of Fort Dearborn began in 1803 at the mouth of the Chicago River.
		Streets were constantly muddy and unhealthy, and traffic through them was always a problem.
		Eight players from the Chicago White Sox (afterward forever regarded as the "Black Sox") were accused of throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds.
	www.ngchicagohomes.com /chicago2.html (1632 words)

	Gapers Block, Chicago, IL - Airbags: Ashland, the Great Fire, and the Ruins of Chicago
		Ashland Avenue, first known as Reuben Street, was already developed before the fire and was considered the height of suburban living on the West Side in the 1860s.
		The Great Chicago Fire began between 9 and 10 o'clock on the night of October 8, 1871 in the now-infamous barn behind the home of Mr.
		The Water Tower and Pumping Station on Chicago Avenue are the most well-known survivors, but the other two buildings to remain standing were the mansion of real estate millionaire Mahlon Ogden, brother of Chicago's first mayor, William Ogden, and the home of police officer Richard Bellinger.
	www.gapersblock.com /airbags/archives/ashland_the_great_fire_and_the_ruins_of_chicago (1181 words)

	mike.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chicago quickly rebuilt and by 1875 little evidence of the disaster remained.
		The 100th anniversary of the fire was commemorated during the period October 3-10, 1971, with a series of events including a fire centennial dinner during which the Mayor expressed thanks to cities and countries that sent money after the fire.
		Other events were a fire prevention parade on State Street and an enormous lakefront fireworks display.
	homepages.wmich.edu /~m3mccaff/historyofchicago.html (197 words)

	CPL - Chicago Women's History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Marian Campfield, city editor of the Chicago Bee in the 1930's and 1940's, she was directly responsible for the Bee 's general reporting and provided ample coverage of women's events.
		Lucy Louisa Coues Flower, social reformer, she was active in Chicago and Illinois philanthropic and reform efforts for almost thirty years and was instrumental in the establishment of the Cook County Juvenile Court.
		Bessie Abramovitz Hillman, one of the leaders of the 1910 garment workers' strike in Chicago at the age of 21, she was a founding member of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and one of the foremost women activists in the labor movement.
	www.chipublib.org /003cpl/chgowomen.html (5043 words)

	Chicago for Young Scholars
		Chicago, the largest city in Illinois and one of the largest cities in the United States is a fascinating place.
		Chicago's neighborhoods are a great place to look at the history and diversity of architecture, migration, and urban life.
		Chicago is known for and by its architecture.
	webinstituteforteachers.org /99/teams/chicago/homepagev1.html (1557 words)

	CHICAGO CUBS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		After a summer of individually arranged contests among the various teams, the time was right for the organization of the first professional league, the National_Association, in 1871.
		The Chicago White Stockings were close contenders all summer, but disaster struck on October_8 when a fire began in Mrs.
		She was thwarted by Chicago's Finest, but Ryno hit the next pitch out of the park to thunderous approval.
	www.acculegal.com /Chicago_Cubs (2451 words)

	When did a cow burn down a city? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1871 the city of Chicago was virtually burned to the ground in what came to be known as the Great Chicago Fire.
		The truth is that indeed the fire did start at 137 DeKoven Street on Chicago's West Side in a cow barn at the rear of Patrick O’Leary’s cottage.
		While Chicago had survived many fires up to this time, the southern winds that took the flames and fanned them through the city were so unpredictable and drove the fire to such enormous proportions that it was far more than could have been handled by conventional means.
	www.whatabouthow.com /when/chicago-fire.htm (511 words)

	Map America Chicago
		Through their efforts, Chicago literally became the birthplace of the modern world.
		Across Dearborn Street is the Fisher Building (1896), Gothic-styled edifice faced in ornate terra-cotta with etched fish figures.
		Chicago River is the world's only stream which flows backward.
	www.mapamerica.com /MAChiDidKnowP5.html (1084 words)

	American Experience \| Chicago: City of the Century
		The fire leaps the main branch of the Chicago River and burns fiercely in the North Division.
		We could see across the river at the cross streets that where yesterday was a populous city was now a mass of smoking ruins.
		The telegraph wires lay curled and tangled upon the streets, and here and there was a dead horse, cow, or animal of some kind, which had been overtaken by the fire, and perished.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/chicago/maps/chicago_fire_text.html (2789 words)

	Stay in Oak Park - Oak Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		They are the Bowman and the Spearman, chosen by Yugoslav sculptor Ivan Mestrovic to be the subject of statues commissioned by the Committee of the Ferguson Fund in 1926.
		Before midnight, the fire had jumped the southeast branch of the Chicago River and was spreading to the northeast where it traveled as far as Fullerton Avenue.
		The disaster of The Great Chicago Fire was the worst thing that could happen to the residents of Chicago but, ironically, gave Chicagoans the opportunity to rebuild and begin the tradition of being one of the most architecturally distinguished cities in the world, a tradition savored and valued to this day.
	www.stay-in-oak-park.com /chicago.htm (436 words)

	Chicago Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The fire was first discovered by a drayman by the name of Daniel [Dennis] Sullivan, who saw it while sitting on the sidewalk on the south side of DeKoven Street, and nearly opposite O'Leary's premises.
		By the time it was over $192,000,000 of property was destroyed, up to 300 people were killed, 100,000 were made homeless, and many men who had been millionaires the day before were paupers.
		Some of the other firefighting equipment founded in Chicago is less high-tech: the snorkel truck, the fire plug or hydrant, the collapsible fire escape and the fire pole, which was invented by a Chicago fire captain in 1874 so firefighters could slide quickly to the ground floor.
	www.davenportlibrary.com /ref/hist/hid/histhidchi.htm (742 words)

	No. 1266: Chicago Fire
		Rainfall had been only 28 percent of normal that summer, and Chicago's population had recently grown by a factor of ten.
		Chicago had become an overcrowded, wood-built, bone-dry city with a poor fire department.
		He found that she lived in a small rear house off Dekoven Street.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1266.htm (539 words)

	Near West Side Neighborhood Chronology
		The Chicago Hebrew Institute is established in Maxwell Street area to serve expanding Jewish population.
		Jane Addams' Homes, a pioneer Chicago public housing project, is completed near Taylor and Racine providing safe, clean housing for neighborhood residents.
		UIC (University of Illinois at Chicago) is formed by consolidation of east side University campus with Medical Campus on west side.
	www.uic.edu /jaddams/hull/newdesign/chronoWS.htm (617 words)

	Fall 2004 Public Agency/Special Programs Class Schedule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Classes are held at Harold Washington College, 30 East Lake Street, or the DePaul Center at 333 South State Street.
		All classes are held at the Chicago Fire Department Training Academy, 558 West DeKoven Street, in the fall and spring semesters only.
		Since the Chicago Police Department now requires that all officers and supervisors possess 60 hours of college credit in order to be promoted, these classes can satisfy this requirement.
	hwashington.ccc.edu /htmdocs/pa04courses_fall.htm (885 words)

	Spatial Arrangement
		It was a little cottage at 137 DeKoven Street in Chicago with nothing distinctive about it until October 8, 1871, when it became infamous as the point of origin for one of the most well known conflagrations in American
		It had taken nearly forty years for Chicago to grow into the city it was in 1871.
		The pre-existing grid of streets provided the opportunity for residents and city officials to rebuild the city anew.
	mason.gmu.edu /~ssaltzgi/Clio3/project_two.htm (817 words)

	DeKoven Street (Chicago) Definition / DeKoven Street (Chicago) Research
		The Great Chicago Fire The Great Chicago Fire took place October 8 - October 10, 1871, in Chicago, Illinois.
		Causes Despite a well known legend that the Great Chicago Fire was started by a cow kicking over a lantern in the barn owned by Mrs.
		[click for more] started on DeKoven Street in a barn belonging to Patrick and Catherine O'Leary.
	www.elresearch.com /DeKoven_Street_%28Chicago%29 (154 words)

	Articles - Chicago Cubs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		After a summer of individually arranged contests among the various teams, the time was right for the organization of the first professional league, the National Association, in 1871.
		The Chicago White Stockings were close contenders all summer, but disaster struck on October 8 when a fire began in Mrs.
		After the 1875 season, Chicago acquired several key players, including pitcher Al Spalding of the Boston Red Stockings, and first baseman Cap Anson of the Philadelphia Athletics.
	www.furniture-center.net /articles/Chicago_Cubs?mySession=a358fa4cf98edf166104b83daad939a4 (2373 words)

	Catherine O'Leary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1895) was an Irish immigrant living in Chicago, Illinois in the 1870s.
		On the evening of October 7, 1871, a fire started in her barn at 137 DeKoven Street which went on to burn a large percentage of the city, an event known as the Great Chicago Fire.
		This page was last modified 13:28, 4 March 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catherine_O'Leary (74 words)

	Great Chicago Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Despite popular legend that the Great Chicago Fire was started by a cow kicking over a lantern in the barn owned by Mrs.
		The Great Chicago Fire did start in Kate O'Leary's barn around 9:00 p.m.
		The summer had been hot and dry, and a major fire a day earlier had left the water reserves dangerously low.
	www.portaljuice.com /great_chicago_fire.html (351 words)

	North Park Tap is a friendly bar in Chicago's Old Town River North area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Old Town was settled in the mid 1800s when Chicago absorbed a wave of German farmers and semi-skilled laborers who were fleeing Germany in search of a better life.
		Nearby on Halsted Street is the impressive new home of the Steppenwolf Theater, the epitome of storefront or, specifically, church basement theater, all grown up.
		Hey, and you know what, we are near the spot where the Chicago Fire started back in 1871 when a cow allegedly kicked over the lantern in the cowbarn at the rear of the Patrick O'Leary cottage at 137 DeKoven Street on Chicago's West Side.
	www.northparktap.com /location.shtml (444 words)

	HABS/HAER/HALS: Titles: 74
		Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Clarke Street, Spanning Chicago River at Clarke Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
		Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Franklin Street, Spanning Chicago River at North Franklin Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
		Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Washington Street, Spanning Chicago River at Washington Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
	lcweb2.loc.gov /pp/hhhtml/hhTitles74.html (1474 words)

	Frank W. Smith Glass Plate Slide Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nearly all of the glass plates bear a paper label reading "Frank W. Smith, 5539 Cornell Avenue, Chicago." It is presumed that Smith processed the transparencies himself from original earlier images—daguerreotypes, cabinet photos, and other types of photography.
		Smith intended his plates to be used for presentations, as seen by slides #1, 2, and 706, which are introduction and conclusion slides.
		It cannot be proven that they are even of Chicago, but their value lies in the honest and often charming view they impart of early twentieth-century American life.
	www.chipublib.org /008subject/012special/gp-smith.html (2005 words)

	History Files - Chicago Fire
		The summer of 1871 was very dry, leaving the ground parched and the wooden city vulnerable.
		The firefighters, exhausted from fighting a large fire the day before, were first sent to the wrong neighborhood.
		The fire was one of the most spectacular events of the nineteenth century, and it is recognized as a major milestone in the city's history.
	www.chicagohs.org /history/fire.html (255 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Classes are held at the Management Institute and Employee Development Department, City of Chicago, Department of Personnel, which is located at the DePaul Center at 333 South State Street.
		Class location is the City Colleges of Chicago District Office, 226 W. Jackson, Chinese Community Center or the Korean American Association of Chicago.
		Must have written verification of a developmental disability Must be a resident of Chicago or a community which does not have an equivalent program For more information, please contact OVTD at (312) 553-5810.
	hwashington.ccc.edu /worddocs/pa04courses_fall.doc (3997 words)

	Empire-chapt-1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Shortly before nine o'clock on a dry, windy Sunday night, October 8, 1871, flames burst from the stable at Patrick O'Leary's residence on DeKoven Street in Chicago, Illinois.
		Believing that the Chicago River would stop the spreading blaze, people poured onto downtown streets to watch the horrifying conflagration.
		A brave yound clerk for a downtown merchant, Bush ran to his firm's office on Dearborn Street, broke into the burning building, grabbed a cash box and some other company material, and, with hundreds of panic-stricken people about him, raced north across the Rush Street Bridge.
	www.wtamu.edu /~jcraven/Empire-chapt-1.htm (381 words)

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		Chicago with your promises of liberty for all.
	cuip.uchicago.edu /~edairyko/classwebpages/songs.html (648 words)

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