In the early 1860s , Young used his savings from the cigar store to found a jewelry house . The store was very successful and he sold it in 1867 to establish a new store , intending to open it elsewhere in New York . In the meantime , however , he did some work for another New York trading house . This work took him to Chicago , Illinois in 1871 during the Great Chicago Fire . Young saw potential in the regrowth of the city and established a wholesale jewelry house the next year as Otto Young & Co
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Otto Young