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O'Leary Legend Library

Cover of C. C. Hine, Mrs. Leary's Cow:  A Legend of Chicago, 1872 (ichi-64228)

Cover of C. C. Hine, Mrs. Leary's Cow:  A Legend of Chicago, 1872 (ichi-64228)

“Kate the barn is afire”

Catherine O'Leary testifies before the board of inquiry investigating the fire

(1849 words)
The Official Report

from A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago, vol. 2, 1885

(2116 words)
“Mrs. Leary’s Cow”

from C.C. Hine, Mrs. Leary's Cow: A Legend of Chicago, 1872

(1726 words)

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