- History of Chicago's L
- Chicago
Extensive history of the local mass transit system, including historic maps, chronologies, rolling stock history, and an extensive section on "L" stations.
www.chicago-l.org
- Pullman Strike@ - Chicago
Learn about Pullman Strike, the wildcat strike by the Pullman Palace Car Company in Illinois on May 11, 1894. Sites feature historical background, events, consequences, labor related transcripts, museum exhibits, excerpts from the U.S Strike Commission's report, and analysis of the labor strike and its impact on the U.S. history.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Labor/Pullman_Strike
- 1968 Democratic Convention@ - Chicago
Learn more about the 1968 Democratic Convention featuring sites about the events of that day and the trial of the Chicago Seven.
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/1968_Democratic_Convention
- Great Chicago Fire (1871)@ - Chicago
Learn about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the conflagartaion that raged in Chicago, Illinois for two days killing hundreds and destroying miles of the city. Sites offer background information, news archives, articles, pictures, and videos of the fire started by a cow which is considered as one of the largest U.S. disasters of 19th century.
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Great_Chicago_Fire__1871_
- Broadcasting in Chicago: 1921-1989
- Chicago
Online museum of broadcast history with a focus on the studio NBC operated in Chicago's Merchandise Mart.
www.richsamuels.com
- Haymarket Riot@ - Chicago
Read about Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, which is considered to be one of the major influences on the origin of international May Day observances for workers. Sites feature history, articles, manuscripts, pro-labor speeches, photographs, illustrations, and library archives about the historical clash between the business class and working class in late 19th century Chicago.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Labor/Haymarket_Riot
- S.S. Eastland@ - Chicago
Learn about S.S. Eastland, the passenger ship which listed and rolled over in the Chicago River due to overcrowding in 1915. Sites offer background information, pictures, list of victims, and history of mutinies that occurred aboard the ship from its commissioning till its fateful drowning.
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/S_S__Eastland
- Maxwell Street Market@ - Chicago
Find your way to Maxwell Street Market, the flea market in Chicago, Illinois, which is considered as one of the oldest open air markets in the U.S. Sites include background information, articles, and pictures of the Chicago marketplace associated with the music band Chicago Blues.
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Maxwell_Street_Market
- 1919 Chicago Race Riots@ - Chicago
Learn about the 1919 Chicago Race Riots, a major racial conflict which began in Chicago on July 27, 1919. Sites offer history, riot events, newspaper accounts, articles, pictures, maps, and the role of white gangs in the 5-day rioting which claimed many lives and rendered hundreds homeless.
dir.yahoo.com/.../1910s/1919_Chicago_Race_Riots
- Iroquois Theater Fire@ - Chicago
Find sites about the Iroquois Theater fire, the most deadly fire which occurred in Chicago on December 30, 1903. Sites offer background information, event details, list of victims, pictures, and news excerpts about one of the worst disasters in the history of Chicago, Illinois.
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Iroquois_Theater_Fire
- Clarke House@ - Chicago
Read about Clarke House, the oldest surviving building in Chicago. Sites offer historical background, architecture style, museum archive, and pictures of the 1836 Greek Revival style house located in the Prairie Avenue Historical District, Chicago.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Buildings_and_Monuments/Clarke_House
- Bataan was Hell!
- Maywood
Tribute to Emmett Gibson and the 192nd Tank Battalion. Includes articles he published in 1942, as well as information on Maywood and the Maywood Tank Corps before and after the war.
www.192nd.com
- The Encyclopedia of Chicago
- Chicago
Description and sample pages from the reference work on Chicago's history.
www.press.uchicago.edu/books/grossman
- American Experience: Chicago: City of the Century
- Chicago
Companion site to the film chronicling Chicago's transformation from a swampy frontier town to the quintessential American city of the 19th Century.
www.pbs.org/amex/chicago
- Chicago Women's Liberation Union Herstory
- Chicago
Documents, video, audio, and music from the CWLU and the second wave feminist movement.
www.cwluherstory.com
- DePaul University: Chicago History
- Chicago
Offers general information on the Second City's history.
condor.depaul.edu/~chicago
- Historic Pullman Foundation
- Chicago
Preservation and restoration activities within the Pullman Historic District of Chicago.
www.pullmanil.org
- Dying Alone: The 1995 Chicago Heat Wave
- Chicago
Social historian Eric Klinenberg discusses the reasons why the 1995 heat wave killed more Chicagoans than the Great Chicago Fire.
pressblog.uchicago.edu/2006/07/14/remembering_the_chicago_heat_w.html
- Rogers Park / West Ridge Historical Society
- Chicago
Encourages and perpetuates an interest in the history of our communities through research, education and preservation.
www.wecaretoo.com/Organizations/IL/rpwrhs.html
- Bridgeport
- Chicago
A brief look into the Illinois and Michigan canal.
www.uic.edu/orgs/LockZero
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