On this date in 1871, Chicago burned to the ground. But that wasn’t the biggest fire that day. The largest and deadliest fires in US history burned further north around Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
03 Feb 1872 – THE FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA. – Trove
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We don’t have fires like that any more, but we still have lunatics obsessing over IMAGINARY CHANGES OF CLIMATE
