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Offered here is surely one of the most memorable, combining a map, graphics and text into a single impressive and informative image. The focal point is a map of central Chicago, showing the street layout and major landmarks and with the area affected by fire overprinted in orange.
A rare and vivid broadside map depicting extent of the Burnt District in Chicago, following the devastating fire of October 1871.
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.
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [3]
21 wrz 2021 · During the first week of October, the Chicago Fire Department fought more than two dozen fires, wearing out the city’s approximately 190 firefighters and their horse-drawn equipment.
Before and After the Fire: Chicago in the 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s. Click on the links below to access scans of some of the sheet maps of Chicago from the 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s that are held at the University of Chicago Library's Map Collection.
Chicago is about to suffer one of the world's worst urban disasters. Track the path of the fire and read accounts of people who lived through it, in this interactive timeline and map. 1....
