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.
The Chicago fire was started on october 8,187. 3<<
The Great Chicago Fire burned down about four square miles of the city killing hundreds. It burned from October 8th to October 10th, 1871.
the Chicago fire burned for 3 days on october,8,9 and 10, on 1871
October 8 through 10 1871
The exact origin of the Great Chicago Fire is unknown, but it was not Catherine O'Leary and it was not her cow.
The training academy for the Chicago Fire Department at Dekoven and Jefferson streets.
The water tower, the Chicago Avenue pumping station, St. Michael's Church, Old St. Patrick's Church and Holy Family Church, among others
Some important events in Illinois were statehood in 1818, the Lincoln Douglas debates before the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, Lincoln's assassination in 1865, the Chicago Fire in 1871, mayor Daley's election, the great snowfall that stopped Chicago and the completion of the Sears, now Willis Tower.
The Great Plague (1665), and the Fire of London (1666) You should read the longVictoriannovel about it - with the off-putting title 'Old St. Paul's' by Harrison Ainsworth. Rattling good yarn, that one.
The Old Water Tower... which still stands in its original location today.
eggs are really old in Chicago
more people could have embraced the fire by keeping old fire grenade's with you used to put out fires you would take it and throw it at the fire and the mix of chemicals would have put the fire out instantly that is what they had used before they had made fire extinguisher
more people could have embraced the fire by keeping old fire grenade's with you used to put out fires you would take it and throw it at the fire and the mix of chemicals would have put the fire out instantly that is what they had used before they had made fire extinguisher
a cow kicked over a lantern and it destroyed nearly every home and business in the city. almost 100,000 people were left homeless. more than 300 people died. twenty thousand buildings were destroyed. one of the buildings to survive the fire was the Old Chicago Water Tower.
Old Chicago was created in 1975.
Old Chicago ended in 1980.