Editorial: From the city that used fire as a catalyst for reinvention, good wishes for Los Angeles
Had the Chicago History Museum known what was about to befall America’s second largest city, it might not have scheduled its ...
Museums for winter 2025: Our top picks around Chicago for the chilly months
Winter is the very best time to get lost in a museum. Whittling away an entire afternoon without having to step outside once?
MLive- Flint/Saginaw/Bay City on MSN2d
How a Michigan Fire from 1881 Holds Lessons for the Future
One historian says that Michigan’s Great Fire of 1881 in some ways still burns, offering lessons about how to prevent future ...
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The big lie that surrounds State Farm, Arizona and the LA fires | Opinion
According to folklore, this hapless bovine kicked the lantern and became the culprit that started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Truth is, we’ll never know who started the Great Chicago Fire ...
Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the ...
Inconvenient truths about the fires burning in Los Angeles from two fire experts
For years, renowned fire experts Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have tried to shift the conversation on fire prevention ...
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6 fires that helped shape the development of American cities
Chicago and the Midwest, 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 ...