Daniel Burnham Timeline and Summary

Burnham's already famous by the time Chicago receives the bid to host the World's Fair.
He teams with his partner John Root to serve as the lead designers.
Burnham assembles a team of architects and surveys Chicago to find the best place to put the fair.
He envisions the fair to be primarily a tribute to architects.
Burnham and his team select a place to put the fair and begin work on the treeless plot of land.
He places a pause on construction when Root becomes ill.
He's at Root's side when he passes away from pneumonia. Burnham is shocked.
He contemplates giving up on the fair altogether, but resolves to continue overseeing construction.
Burnham hopes to secure designs for a structure that will out-Eiffel the Eiffel Tower.
He ensures the fair opens on time, with the Ferris Wheel opening about a month after.
Burnham enjoys the sights and sounds of the fair, though he's not made aware of a small fire in the Cold Storage Building.
A bit later the building goes up in flames. Much to his own shock, Burnham is charged with criminal negligence.
At the fair's conclusion, Burnham ensures it is destroyed by a series of planned fires.
With the fair a success, he goes on to work on other projects in the country.
He and his wife Margaret sail to Europe aboard the R.M.S. Olympic.
He learns that Frank Millet is aboard the Titanic, which has just struck an iceberg.
He receives word that Millet drowned and dies a few days later.