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Fiery History

constructing his oral history of the Great Chicago Fire (page 52) this past spring, he browsed the Chicago History Museum’s collections that helped spark the rumor that the fire originated from Mrs. O’Leary milking her cow. “We’re pretty sure that’s not how it happened,” Loerzel says.

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