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After the Great Chicago Fire: the Three-Year Fight Over Who Could Rebuild
The flames took 30 hours; deciding who could rebuild took three years. The 1872 march on the Common Council, the businessmen’s relief ledger, the fire-limits compromise, and the class map it drew.
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