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Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography 1 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chicago, (search)
ned to attempt to divert it. He was too late, for the fort was abandoned when he arrived. His cowardly Miamis fled at the first onset of the Pottawatomies, and he was crushed by overwhelming numbers. The fort was re-established in 1816, and was occupied until 1837. The last vestige of it—a block-house—was demolished in 1856. A town was laid out near the fort in 1830, which embraced threeeighths of a square mile. In 1831 it comprised twelve families, besides the little garrison of Fort Dearborn. The town was organized in 1833, with five trustees, when it contained 550 inhabitants. It was incorporated a city March 4, 1837, when it contained a population of 4,170. Its growth has since been marvellous. A great fire occurred Oct. 9 and 10, 1871, by which the city was almost destroyed. More than $200,000,000 worth of property was consumed, and 100,000 people were made homeless. This, however, seemed not in the least to check its wonderful progress. See Columbian Exposit
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fires, Great. (search)
2,500 buildings burned; estimated loss about $3,500,000; many lives lostMay 3-5, 1851 San Francisco, Cal., 500 buildings; estimated loss, $3,000,000June 22, 1851 Congressional Library, Washington, D. C., 35,000 volumes, with works of artDec. 24, 1851 Syracuse, N. Y., 12 acres of ground burned over, about 100 buildings; loss, $1,000,000Nov. 8, 1856 New York Crystal Palace destroyed, with an immense amount of property on exhibitionOct. 5, 1858 Portland, Me., nearly destroyed; 10,000 people rendered homeless; loss, $15,000,000July 4, 1866 Great Chicago fire, burning over about 3 1/2 square miles, destroying 17,450 buildings, killing 200 persons, and rendering 98,500 homeless; loss over $200,000,000. The most destructive fire ever knownOct. 8-9, 1871 Great fire in Boston; over 800 buildings burned; loss, $80,000,000Nov. 9, 1872 Brooklyn Theatre (Brooklyn, N. Y.) burned; 295 lives lostDec. 5, 1876 Jacksonville, Fla.; 148 blocks burned over; loss estimated at $10,000,000May 3, 1901
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
1871 Mass-meeting in New York held to consider the Tweed ring frauds; committee of seventy appointed......Sept. 4, 1871 President Lincoln's body removed to the permanent vault at Springfield, Ill.......Sept. 19, 1871 National Commercial Convention meets at Baltimore, Md.......Sept. 26, 1871 Brigham Young arrested in Salt Lake City for polygamy......Oct. 2, 1871 Chicago fire breaks out......Sunday evening, Oct. 8, 1871 Forest fires in vicinity of Green Bay, Wis......Oct. 8-9, 1871 Proclamation by the President against Ku-klux in South Carolina......Oct. 12, 1871 William M. Tweed arrested and released on $2,000,000 bail......Oct. 27, 1871 Capt. Charles Francis Hall, Arctic explorer, dies on the Polaris......Nov. 8, 1871 Grand-Duke Alexis of Russia arrives at New York with a fleet of war-vessels, Nov. 19; gives a public reception......Nov. 21, 1871 Russian envoy to the United States, Catacazy, recalled, owing to personal differences with Secretary Fish..
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
,227 to 35,443......July 2, 1870 Remains of President Lincoln transferred from the temporary tomb to the crypt of the monument at Oak Ridge Cemetery......May, 1871 Deepening of the Illinois and Michigan canal to create a current from Lake Michigan to the Illinois River, begun in 1865, is completed......July 18, 1871 Illinois and Michigan Canal turned over to the State......August, 1871 Chicago fire, which burns over 2,124 acres and destroys 17,500 buildings, begins......Oct. 8-9, 1871 New building for the United States marine hospital, established at Chicago, May, 1852, completed......1872 Governor Oglesby, elected United States Senator; Lieut.-Gov. John L. Beveridge succeeds him......March 4, 1873 Northwestern farmers' convention of 150 delegates from Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, New York, and Illinois meets at Chicago......Oct. 22, 1873 Monument to Abraham Lincoln at Oak Ridge, Springfield, dedicated......Oct. 15, 1874 National convention of the Grand Army o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wisconsin, (search)
s ratified by the people in 1849......1866 Northern University at Watertown, opened 1865, chartered......1867 Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment......March 9, 1869 Northwestern branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, near Milwaukee, dedicated......October, 1869 A whirlwind of fire 10 miles in width sweeps over the counties bordering on Green Bay. Loss of life, 1,000 persons, burned, drowned, or smothered; of property, over $3,000,000......Oct. 8-9, 1871 State board of charities and reform appointed by Governor Fairchild; four men and one woman......1871 Act punishing intoxication by fine and imprisonment......1872 First State meeting of the American Constitutional Union, 666 delegates, at Milwaukee......Aug. 7, 1873 Potter railroad law, relating to railroads, express, and telegraph companies, fixing rates of transportation, and providing for railroad commissioners......March 11, 1874 St. Paul and Northern railroads announce