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The Burnt District. All that burned, and the few exceptions. Map Showing the Burnt District in Chicago, 3rd Edition; R. P. Studley Company, 1871 (ichi-02870) Mr. Robinson Assesses the Damage; Hand-Annotated 1870 Rufus Blanchard Map of Chicago and Environs (ichi-64071)
8 paź 2015 · The fire burned for nearly two days from Oct. 8 to Oct. 10, killing hundreds and destroying a little over 3 square miles of the city, mostly centered in the city's downtown business district.
This is an 1871 Gaylord Watson city plan or map of Chicago, Illinois, highlighting the area burned by the Great Chicago Fire. Dark red emphasizes the over three square miles burned by the fire and a nota bene below the bottom border reinforces this fact.
1871 Map of the Burnt District produced by New York clothier Freeman & Burr. Scale: 1:29,300
8 paź 2015 · On this day in 1871, a fire that started in a barn quickly spread through Chicago and burned 3.5 square miles of the city to the ground.
Map Showing the Burnt District in Chicago, 3rd Edition; R. P. Studley Company, 1871 (ichi-02870)
Inside the Burning City. The flames advance and the people flee. Progress of the Chicago Fire of 1871; Michael P. Conzen with research assistance from Christopher P. Thale, and cartographic design by Dennis McClendon, from Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, reproduced with permission of the Newberry Library.
