Great Fire of 1871
STORY PREFACE
From the very beginning Catherine O’Leary and Daisy, her cow, were blamed for starting the Great Chicago Fire. Mrs. O’Leary swore she was in bed when the fire started, but her testimony didn’t change people’s opinions. She made too many statements earlier - when she told her neighbors it was an accident. At least, that’s what her neighbors remembered. Ironically, although 17,450 buildings were destroyed, the O’Leary’s house survived. The cow (and the barn) didn’t.
Original Release Date: September, 2002
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Table of Contents
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Biographies
History
- American Colonies
- American Revolution - Highlights
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Auschwitz: Place of Horrors
- Book Burning and Censorship
Disasters
- America Attacked: 9/11
- Black Death
- Challenger Disaster
- Columbia Space Shuttle Explosion
- Deepwater Horizon: Disaster in the Gulf
- Fatal Voyage: The Titanic