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The Loop District in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Regeneration

 
 
Regeneration Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 4, 2012
1. Regeneration Marker
Inscription. The Great Chicago Fire in October eighteen hundred and seventy-one devastated the city. From its ashes the people of Chicago caused a new and greater city to rise imbued with that indomitable spirit and energy by which they have ever been guided.

Erected by trustees of the B.F. Ferguson Monument Fund, 1928.
 
Erected 1928 by The B.F. Ferguson Monument Fund.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Disasters. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.
 
Location. 41° 53.307′ N, 87° 37.455′ W. Marker is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in The Loop District. Marker is on Michigan Avenue when traveling north. On the Southeast Tower of the Michigan Avenue Bridge. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chicago IL 60601, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Rene Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle (within shouting distance of this marker); Chicago River (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Dearborn (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Fort Dearborn (within shouting distance of this marker); 333 North Michigan Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Fort Dearborn (within shouting distance
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of this marker); Louis Jolliet & Père Jacques Marquette (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Discoverers (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.
 
Regeneration Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 4, 2012
2. Regeneration Marker
Regeneration image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 4, 2012
3. Regeneration
Sculpture by Henry Herring.
Regeneration Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 4, 2012
4. Regeneration Marker
Henry Herring, SC image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, November 4, 2012
5. Henry Herring, SC
Henry Herring's signature on Regeneration sculpture.
Chicago After the Fire image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Wikipedia
6. Chicago After the Fire
Panorama attributed to George N. Barnard
Mrs. O'Leary and Her Cow<br>Supposed Cause of the Chicago Fire image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Wikipedia
7. Mrs. O'Leary and Her Cow
Supposed Cause of the Chicago Fire
Although the fire did start in the O'Leary's barn, Mrs. O'Leary and her husband were in bed at the time.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 11, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 697 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on December 11, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.

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