Timeline of the City's History: 1893

'Cattle Cars'

A Grand Sweep

Anarchists Freed

Anarchists Freed!

Cold Storage Pavilion at the World's Fair

Collapse of the Tower and Fall of the Last Fireman

Fall of the Doorway and Collapse of Columbus

Members of the Jury which Tried the Haymarket Anarchists

Nineteen Engines Throw Streams on the Ruins

President Grover Cleveland

The Anarchists

Florence Kelley in Chicago, 1891-1899

Florence Kelley was the first woman factory inspector in the United States. A resident of Hull House, and a reformer – who refused to be associated with any political party–Florence Kelley lived in Chicago from 1891 until 1899, leading and participating in a variety of projects. Visit our companion site...