You may have heard of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871--- one of the biggest disasters in 19th-century US history. But is Catherine O'Leary's cow "Daisy" really the one to blame for sparking the deadly inferno, or could she have been the scapegoat of an anti-Irish Catholic Chicago public?
In a short and historically-insightful article, "The O'Leary Legend", the Chicago Historical Society offers readers a few reasons why it can't be too certain that Daisy really did start trhe fire with a kick of her hoof.
http://www.greatchicagofire.org/oleary-legend
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