Dominic A. Pacyga can recall dates and spell names with the precision of a savant. He’s received writing awards for his many books on Chicago history, including four published by the University of ...

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In 1906, Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” depicted the harsh conditions workers toiled under inside the slaughterhouses of the Union Stock Yard and Packingtown. A century later, this area that gave ...

AMES, Iowa — A 1905 story not only prompted massive reforms in U.S. food and public health policy as well as Upton Sinclair’s popular novel “The Jungle.” It was also one of the first examples of the ...

From the moment Jean Baptiste Point du Sable founded a trading post on the mouth of a river, Chicago has been a city undergoing change and rapid development. But few have burrowed as deeply into the ...

Chicago’s 1871 fire, started by a cow, burned up $200,000,000 worth of property and many a cigaret smoker. Last week another great Chicago fire, started by a cigaret smoker, burned up $8,000,000 worth ...