Chicago Fire Academy and Marker (May, 13)

Municipal Flag of Chicago. The second star commemorates the Great Fire of October 8-10, 1871.

DID YOU KNOW?

http://www.chicagopostcardmuseum.org/meaning_of_the_chicago_flag.html 

The sculpture on the site of the origin of the fire, with the Chicago Fire Academy in the background.

A marker commemorating the fire outside the Chicago Fire Academy

THE GREAT FIRE OF CHICAGO

http://www.american-historama.org/1866-1881-reconstruction-era/great-chicago-fire.htm 

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/greatchicagofire18711.htm 

http://www.chicagohistory.org/mychicago/pdf/lesson3.pdf 

Artist's rendering of the fire, by John R. Chapin, originally printed in Harper's Weekly; the view faces northeast across the Randolph Street Bridge.

DID YOU KNOW?
Cause of the fire: History or Legend? 

 http://www.thechicagofire.com/
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/05/how-the-great-chicago-fire-started/ 
http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/chicago-fire-cow.htm


LET'S INVESTIGATE! 
http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=29365
http://www.cedu.niu.edu/~henning/ChicagoFireWebQuest/resources.htm 
http://thegreatfireof1871.weebly.com/ 
 http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/dailylp/dailylp/dailylp013.shtml 

 

Chicago Tribune editorial

Chicago Water Tower