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Content tagged with “chicago”
There are 4 item(s) tagged with “chicago” on this site.
Other tags used by these items: history, crime, air-travel, fiction
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- Deane’s Library
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- Book Review
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- September 20, 2019
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- 203
“This is compelling book in a weird format. It’s about two things: (1) the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and (2) a serial killer at work in the city during that time. The two stories are weirdly separate. The killer visits the fair, but doesn’t commit any murders there, so the…”
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- Stuff I Looked Up
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- Explanation
- Date
- December 7, 2023
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- 148
“Chicago’s largest airport is named for Edward ‘Butch’ O’Hare. He was a Naval aviator during World War II. He’s most known for single-handing attacking nine bombers who were threatening his aircraft carrier. He shot down five of them. O’Hare was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was shot down by the…”
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- Stuff I Looked Up
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- Explanation
- Date
- August 7, 2024
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- 82
“O’Hare is built on what used to be an airfield complex called ‘Orchard Field.’ It served a Douglas manufacturing plant and an Air Force service depot. That’s where the ‘ORD’ comes from: ‘Orchard.’ When the city of Chicago needed more capacity than the original airport (now Midway), they purchased…”