Travel & Experiences
In 1871, a massive blaze destroyed Peshtigo — a tragedy overshadowed by the Great Chicago Fire the same night. The story of America’s ‘forgotten fire’ is kept alive by a local museum, which displays mementos found amid the ashes.
March 19, 2014
World & Nation
According to one of the enduring legends of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the mayor learned that the flames were closing in on the city jail and ordered the inmates freed to save their lives.
Oct. 11, 1998
California
Mayor Michael L. Maertzweiler proclaimed Oct. 8-14 Fire Prevention Week.
Sept. 20, 2000
Making sense of a deadly inferno in Wisconsin
Oct. 9, 2011
The latest addition to Chicago’s bustling Navy Pier is the Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows, which claims to be the only U.S. museum devoted solely to that art.
Feb. 13, 2000
The Fire Department will promote Fire Prevention Week with a special safety exhibit at the Buena Park Mall starting Wednesday.
Oct. 8, 1991
The World’s Columbian Exposition opened in Chicago in 1893 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ first voyage to the Americas.
Aug. 25, 1993
That primitive hose wagon pictured top right, being hustled along Center Street in 1872 Anaheim, was a source of great civic pride.
April 8, 2001
Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, which survived the Great Chicago Fire more than a century ago, has been saved once again through a nationwide fund-raising drive, parishioners said Tuesday.
Jan. 2, 1991
Entertainment & Arts
Fox Studio Classics Fox, $15 each In Old Chicago MUSICALS and gangster dramas weren’t the only movies audiences flocked to in the 1930s -- they also loved disaster films like “San Francisco,” “The Hurricane” and this 1937 melodrama about the famed 1871 Great Chicago Fire.
Aug. 14, 2005