Contents

1909 Chicago Facts – A contemporary listing of Chicago’s accomplishments.

1909 Plan of Chicago – The Burnham Plan is an essay, principally authored by Daniel Burnham in 1909, entitled The Plan of Chicago. The essay was written in response to a request by the city’s social and business upper crust for a detailed city plan.

Baseball – Take a trip to a bygone era where the Cubs were called the White Stockings and had to miss two seasons because a fire in 1871 destroyed their uniforms.

Cemeteries – Chicago is the home to four of the oldest cemeteries in a large city.

Corporate Chicago – Brief corporate histories of a few of the many large corporations that started in Chicago.

Fort Dearborn – The fort that started it all.

Camp Douglas – A Civil War prison of war camp that at one time was the setting of an event that could have changed the outcome of the war.

Bicycling – Before the automobile, the bicycle was the new mode of individual transportation and Chicago played a major role.

Newspapers – A complete family tree directory of all the Chicago Newspapers. Organized by each successive owner by date.

1860-1870 Pre-Fire Chicago – A large collection of photographs to recreate a vision of what the city looked like at this time.

1871 Chicago Fire – A section devoted to the cause and aftermath of the Great Fire.

1872-1915 Post-Fire Chicago – Currently still in construction, a collection of great skyscraper architecture that started in Chicago.

1893 World’s Fair – The biggest event of the century was held in Chicago and the White City was born.

Raising Chicago – Article describing how the citizens of Chicago got its town out of the mud.

Notorious Chicago – A collection of some popular and some unpopular stories that made up Chicago’s notorious past.

The Eastland Disaster
Iroguois Theatre Fire
Streeterville
Haymarket Riot
Everleigh Club
The Lady Elgin Disaster

Chicago Geography – Articles about the street numbering logic as well as who her early streets were named after and why.

Chicago Harbor – A detailed description of the activity in Chicago’s harbor in its peak from 1872 to 1884.

Mayors 1835-1885

Mayors 1887-1975

City Limits Growth – A pictorial chart that shows how the cities boundaries grew.

Population & Ward Maps – A complete set of charts that indicate each ward’s boundaries over the years.

Seal of Chicago – A brief description of the Seal of Chicago.