The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and How it Started

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The Great Chicago Fire was such a big deal that it became one of the four stars on the Chicago flag. It killed 300 people, destroyed over 3 miles of the city, and left 100,000 people homeless.
Shrog and Bob stumble upon the location where the fire presumably started at 137 West DeKoven Street, at Catherine O'Leary's farm after a cow kicked a lantern...or so the story goes.
O'Leary was a scapegoat back in the day when people hated the Irish for being drunk and rowdy. Now we all celebrate the drunkenness and rowdiness every March in honor of blessed Saint Patrick.

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