Chicago

 
Fire (1871) Fair (1893)
Fire
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
(NOTE: this site is your text for week 7)
 

H-NET review of the Fire site

 Fair

City Sites (electronic book)
(NOTE: the "White City" essay for week 8 is located here; this is also the place to find a sample analysis of the "bird's eye view" form, in the "Chicago Gateways" essay.)
 

World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 
World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, Aftermath 
Map of the Exposition Grounds 
Columbian Exposition Resource Links Page 

African American Women at the Fair
Museum of Science and Industry
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Buffalobill.com
Chicago

Chicago Mosaic
Chicago: The Windy City
Chicago Historical Society
Chicago Area Geographic Info. Study

 Regional Guides
Great Lakes Region 
Great Lakes Relief Map 
Great Lakes Wire 

Illinois (Yahoo) 
More Fire Sites

Chicago Public Library
National Geographic: Chicago Fire
Library of Congress: Chicago Fire
Haunted Chicago: Chicago Fire

 1890s Images & Issues
Detroit Publishing Co 
Vaudeville Images 
Transportation in 1890s 
Age of Imperialism 
Plains Indian Wars 
The West  (PBS)