Star Team Chicago Research Links

General Information

Exploring Chicago

Index of links from the City of Chicago website

The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago

Same articles as the book form we have in the LRC!

The History Files

Pages on: Al Capone, Black Sox, Great Fire, World's Fair, Pullman Era

Chicago History & Facts

from the City of Chicago website

   

Sports

Chicago Bears

Official website homepage

Chicago Cubs History

from the official MLB Cubs website

Chicago Bulls History

from the official NBA site

History by Decades

from the Official Chicago Bears website

Chicago White Sox History

from the official MLB Sox website

The History Files: The Black Sox

from the Chicago Historical Society

1985 Chicago Bears: World Champions Again

from Chicago Bears History

Chicago Blackhawks History

from the official NHL website

 

Landmarks and Architecture

Chicago Landmarks

from the City of Chicago website; for alphabetical listing of links to specific buildings, click here.

About Navy Pier

from Navy Pier Chicago

Stadium Information

from Soldier Field website

Museums and Libraries

from the City of Chicago website; look for links to your museum/library homepages under "Related Links" on the right side of the page.

Sears Tower: 110 Storeys of the Big Store

Sears Tower

from the official Sears Tower website; look under "Building Info" pull downs.

Soldier Field

from Ballparks.com

About the Chicago Theater: History

from the theater's website

Comiskey Park

from Ballparks.com; look for the index at left.

Soldier Field Facts and Figures

from the Official Chicago Bears website

Chicago L.org

History of the elevated train system in Chicago

U.S. Cellular Field

from Ballparks.com; look for the index at left.

Wrigley Field

from Ballparks.com

Events

The Great Fire and the Web of Memory

Online exhibit from the Chicago Historical Society

The World Columbian Expostition of 1893

from the Chicago Historical Society

Dramas of the Haymarket

Online exhibit from the Chicago Historical Society

The History Files: The Chicago Fire

from the Chicago Historical Society

The World Columbian Exposition

a Virtual history from the University of Virginia

 
     

People

Chicago Tribute Markers

Short bios of many famous Chicagoans

Notable Chicago African-Americans

from the Chicago Public Library

Facts about Harold Washington

from the Chicago Public Library

Al Capone

from CourtTV's Criminal Library page

About Oprah

From Oprah's official website