Chicago burned to the ground 131 years ago today, in 1871. The Chicago Bears haven't been on Monday Night Football for 5 years? Coincidence? Well, yes - the Bears have sucked for too many years, ABC didn't want to lose revenue on a bad football game. As far as Chicago burning down - well, what do you want from a cow... Bears are losing 14-7 to the Green Bay Packers as I write this (End of the 1st Quarter). I'm not expecting a big turnaround by the end of the game. I'm sure that "Home Field" being in Champaign isn't helping either. Update: At the Half: Green Bay 24 Bears 14 Update: End of the 3rd: Green Bay 31 Bears 14 Update: Final: Green Bay 34 Bears 21 *sigh*
About two years ago, at the Illinois Storytelling Festival held here in my town of Spring Grove, we were treated to a spellbinding account of the burning of Chicago. It was told by Chicago's own Megan Wells, a really skillful teller. It seems the fire got going pretty good due to the spite of a particular firespotter in sending the firefighting crew in the wrong direction. That, combined with the complicated grid system the city had designed, the fact that most buildings were built of wood, and the appearance of a prolonged, stiff wind.
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Posted by Michael Nickels-Wisdom at October 8, 2002 12:06 AM
2008
2007- Deadly Heat
2006- The best day outside
2005- Sweep? Sweep? SWEEP!
2004- Wolves 2 - Griffins 1 - Preseason
- Throw Back
2003- Invasion!
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