(IL - Chicago) Chicago That Was. Views on the World It is a boldly colorful

It is a boldly colorful map showing the islands in richly detailed relief

and everything west of the Arkansas River drainage

Missouri and Kansas City

Notes a few forts and place names

(IL - Chicago) Chicago That Was. Views on the World It is a boldly colorful"Chicago That Was." Issued on October 12th of 1871, there was still great confusion about the conflagration that swept across and devastated the city. By initial reports some assumed that indeed the majority of the city was leveled. This newspaper map shows the best as was known back east in Philadelphia with a map that shows the the burnt area spanning all of the lake front portion of the city, stretching across to Des Plaines St. where it was