From the September 19, 2021, Chicago Tribune by Rick Kogan.
Earlier last month Chicago commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago fire on October 8. That fire literally reshaped the landscape of the city that had grown so fast that little was done with planning.
But, there have been more fires in the city's history.
The first took place even before the city was here. It happened the day after Potawatomi Indians killed more than 60 soldiers, women and children as they evacuated Fort Dearborn, moving south along the lakefront. That day, the Indians burned down Fort Dearborn.
This fort had been called "the neatest and best garrison in the country."
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