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  2. Great Chicago Fire - Wikipedia

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    The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km 2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless. [ 3] The fire began in a neighborhood southwest of ...

  3. Cook County Jail - Wikipedia

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    The Cook County Jail, located on 96 acres (39 hectares) in South Lawndale, Chicago, Illinois, is operated by the Sheriff of Cook County. [1] It is sometimes referred to as California or Hotel California, as its address is on California Avenue. A city jail has existed on this site since after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, but major County ...

  4. Great Fires of 1871 - Wikipedia

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    The Great Fires of 1871 were a series of conflagrations that took place throughout the final days of September and first weeks of October 1871 in the United States, primarily targeting the Midwestern United States. These fires include the Great Chicago Fire, Peshtigo Fire, and Great Michigan Fire. In total, the fires burnt more than 3,000,000 ...

  5. Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury - Wikipedia

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    793 (46 in prison camp) Opened. 1940. Managed by. Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury ( FCI Danbury) is a low-security United States federal prison for male and female inmates in Danbury, Connecticut. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

  6. Chicago History Museum - Wikipedia

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    Chicago History Museum. /  41.911996°N 87.631312°W  / 41.911996; -87.631312. Chicago History Museum is the museum of the Chicago Historical Society (CHS). The CHS was founded in 1856 to study and interpret Chicago 's history. The museum has been located in Lincoln Park since the 1930s at 1601 North Clark Street at the intersection of ...

  7. Pontiac Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    Pontiac Correctional Center, established in June 1871, is an Illinois Department of Corrections maximum security prison (Level 1) for adult males in Pontiac, Illinois. The prison also has a medium security unit that houses medium to minimum security inmates and is classified as Level 3. Until the 2011 abolition of the death penalty in Illinois ...

  8. List of United States federal prisons - Wikipedia

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    Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago: Illinois Mixed [129] Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York (temporarily closed) New York Mixed [130] Metropolitan Correctional Center, San Diego: California Mixed [131] Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn: New York Mixed [132] Metropolitan Detention Center, Guaynabo: Puerto Rico Mixed [133]

  9. Stateville Correctional Center - Wikipedia

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    Maximum. Capacity. 4,134. Opened. 1925. Managed by. Illinois Department of Corrections. Stateville Correctional Center ( SCC) is a maximum security state prison for men in Crest Hill, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. [1] [2] It is a part of the Illinois Department of Corrections .