The Great Chicago Fire often blamed on a cow kicking over a lantern began on October 8, 1871.
It is called The Great Chicago Fire.
The Great Chicago Fire burned from Sunday October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871.
The fire burned Peshtigo, Wisconsin and the city of Chicago. The fire totally changed Chicago because it arose from the ashes with skyscrapers.
The Chicago Fire burned for 3 days on October 8, 9, and 10, 1871.
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Just a shot in the dark would be in history. The Great Chicago Fire! The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Oct. 8-10, 1871
About 4 square miles.
It depends on what date you use for when Chicago was founded. The Town of Chicago was formed August 12, 1833. The City of Chicago was officially incorporated March 4, 1837. The great Chicago fire occurred October 8 to October 10, 1871. So the correct answer can be either 28 or 24 years old.
It burned from Sunday 8 October to Tuesday 10 Octoober 18871.
because the chicago fire started in chicago which is in america and because alot of houses burned down and because a cow kicked over a gas lamp....stupid cow :)
Conditions were perfect for a fire. The land was dry. On the same day as the Peshtago Fire in Wisconsin that burned a large amount of Wisconsin, Chicago too had a fire. Four square miles of the city was destroyed and as many as three hundred people lost their lives.
Many ophans stayed there and it was the only house that didnt get burned by the chicago fire