137 Dekoven Street Chicago Map. Carte routière de Chicago [2] Although the popular story is that a cow kicked over a lantern to start the fire, Michael Ahern, the Chicago Republican reporter who created the cow story, admitted in 1893 that he had made it up because he thought it would make colorful copy This is a section of the map of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire burnt district (area in red)
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Location of the "West DeKoven Street" in the Chicago However, it undoubtedly started in the O'Leary barn located at 137 DeKoven Street (now numbered as 558 West DeKoven Street)
Chicago History ™️ on Twitter "The Front of the O'Leary House at 137 DeKoven Street, Chicago
This is a section of the map of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire burnt district (area in red) DeKoven Street (137 DeKoven Street) at the corner of South Jefferson Street, Chicago. Location of the "West DeKoven Street" in the Chicago
ECC Chicago Development DeKoven Street. The exact cause of the great Chicago Fire will probably never be known The Great Chicago Fire began on the night of October 8, in or around a barn located on the property of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary at 137 DeKoven Street on the city's southwest side
The Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal™ The O'Leary's, their cow, and the. 1949: The Chicago Police and Fire Academy now occupies the spot at 558 W It appears that after their home was destroyed, Mrs