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The story of the Kerfoot Block, graced with illustrations, was one of the most popular in
the published accounts of the fire. William D. Kerfoot settled in Chicago in 1861 and
established himself in the real estate business, which he reopened in this shanty the day
after the fire ended. His faith in himself and the city, summed up in his lack of hesitation
and the crude sign he prepared that proclaimed, "All gone but WIFE CHILDREN and
ENERGY," made him seem the embodiment of the undaunted determination of Chicago
entrepreneurs.
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