CHICAGO (CBS) -- On the night of Sunday, Oct. 8, 1871, a fire broke out ... and think about the city that rebuilt so brilliantly after the devastating fire. "For some folks, it speaks to the ...

These six American fires led to change: political, legislative and geographic. Those tragedies helped shape the evolving story of the United States.

Across centuries and continents, formidable fires once threatened to destroy three major cities: Rome, London and Chicago.

{Polk and Canal Streets], Chicago Tribune, October 10, 1871 3. 10pm - midnight The fire, fanned by the strong ... One and all said, "Chicago must and shall be rebuilt at once." ...

Fire damaged a portion of the former Haeger Potteries facility in East Dundee, which the village is in the process of selling ...

Chicago was rebuilt so quickly for the same reasons ... taxes for improved fire protection. Chicago’s fire commissioners predicted the 1871 disaster, but the mayor and aldermen knew that raising ...

The Lookingglass is also renaming its theatre space the Joan & Paul Theatre in honor of longtime supporters Joan and Paul Rubschlager — whose name also graces the Rush University Medical Center ...

Inspired by "the story and spirit of Chicagoans," the new badge’s imagery reflects a key moment in the Windy City’s history, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 that laid the foundations for the ...

As unprecedented fires consume Los Angeles, the architectural profession confronts an urgent need to revolutionize building ...

1871 Chicago is the great American fire everyone thinks of. “The great legend of Chicago is that it’s a ‘phoenix city’ — it almost instantly rebuilt itself bigger and better from the ...