The most devastating wildfire in Los Angeles history continues to burn, evoking comparisons to The Great Chicago Fire that decimated the Windy City more than 150 years ago. According to Los ...

The flames did not stop until they reached Fullerton Avenue. It of course became known as the Great Chicago Fire. Firsthand accounts of the fire were colorful and horrific. This paragraph is from ...

though it did start in a barn), the Great Chicago Fire overshadows the other massive fires that were spread by high winds that howled across the Midwest on Oct. 8, 1871, a fiery autumn in America ...

Over time, her alleged role in the Great Fire passes into legend. In 1997 the Chicago City Council will pass a resolution that finally absolves Mrs. O'Leary of any wrongdoing. More About the ...

Had the Chicago History Museum known what was about to befall America’s second largest ... As a point of perspective, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 covered a little over 2,000 acres.