October 8 in American History
A fire in a barn spread through a city built mostly of wood, killing some 300 people and leaving a third of Chicago homeless. But within a generation Chicago rebuilt bigger, inventing the modern skyscraper in the process. The American instinct after disaster has always been to rebuild taller.
In 1871: the Great Chicago Fire breaks out. A fire in a barn spread through a city built mostly of wood, killing some 300 people and leaving a third of Chicago homeless.
A fire in a barn spread through a city built mostly of wood, killing some 300 people and leaving a third of Chicago homeless. But within a generation Chicago rebuilt bigger, inventing the modern skyscraper in the process. The American instinct after disaster has always been to rebuild taller.
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