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Chicago Historical Society: Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibition provides chronological information, eye witness accounts, primary source documents, photographs, and a mix of other resources that chronicle both the event itself and the ways in which it has been remembered over...
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Chicago Historical Society: The Great Chicago Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information, and accounts about the Great Chicago Fire.
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Chicago Historical Society: Letter of William H. Carter on Chicago Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
A letter written by an eye-witness of the Great Fire of 1871, it gives details about how the fire spread quickly and efforts to fight the fire.
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Chicagology.com: The Great Fire of 1871

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive site about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Includes historical information on the start of the fire, the spread of the fire, the destruction and damage caused by the fire, and the fire's aftermath. Also includes picture...
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The Great Chicago Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a letter by Horace White of the Chicago Tribune to a fellow editor in Cincinnati in which he describes first-hand during the days of the Chicago Fire of 1871.