aswith olympic villages of today, this time in chicago was busy with laborers...frantic for this day in 1892 or the OPENING... prior to this, people by thousands worked in the area making land stable, beautifying the area and building buildings, decorating, planting paving and doing all the work on the infra structure to make the fair popular and beautiful... if your people lived in chicago land byut you have lost them over the last two years at this time, look for them hereabouts..... and then there were those who continued to work at the ANDYFRAIN type jobs and guides and educatiors for each of the attractions... .... so too those in business to build - as mine were- who buildt buildings herein... many records regarding this are at the chicago historical society... visit them if you think y ou have family involved with this... and too visit there and see their information if you had family in the area who might have VISITED the fair... or who were near to a rail line which often offered discounts for a weekend visit and sometimes lodging... I know that people regularly left escanaba for the chance to VISIT the fair!!!! it would have been a BIG doing... much like if someone today said, that THEY were going to CHINA to see the next olympic games! (it is china, isnt it? duh?) ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Lepore<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [IL-CHICAGO] In 1892, the city of Chicago dedicated the World's Columbian Exposition on this day. Hi Val - One of the best books I've read in ages is Devil in the White City, by Erik Larsen. Lisa PS - He also wrote Isaac's Storm, about the Galveston TX hurricane - another great book. ----- Original Message ----- From: ".... valentine53179" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 9:16 AM Subject: [IL-CHICAGO] In 1892, the city of Chicago dedicated the World's Columbian Exposition on this day. > In 1892, the city of Chicago dedicated the World's Columbian > Exposition on this day. > > ==== IL-COOK-CHICAGO Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe: Send a message to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx>