Tales of El Scorcho
An origin thousands of miles away and hundreds of years ago...
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A burning hay bale. A shower of sparks. A gas pocket. 395 lives.
No ghosts or spirits here, just the old grave of a newborn boy.
By Mary Giorgio
In 1800, Congress established the Indiana Territory, comprising present-day Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana, along with parts of Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota. This 250,000 square mile chunk of the United States would exist until 1816, when Indiana gained...
His name was Raymond Robinson.
In polite circles, folks refer to this Chicago oddity as the Waste Fountain, the Poop Fountain, the Dog Fountain, Fountain of Waste, and the Crap Fountain.
This, uh, clever piece of urban art has been described using every euphemism possible...
COBBLESTONE ROADS
Mesopotamians built the first known cobblestone road around 4000 BCE. The ancient Greeks and Romans also constructed cobblestone roads, with the Romans perfecting a technique of laying stones* in a tightly packed pattern using a mixture of sand...
