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Peshtigo Fire Cemetery Marker

Date: 12 10 1951
Description: Peshtigo Fire Cemetery marker, shown on the site.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Peshtigo

Date: 09 1871
Description: Bird's-eye view of Peshtigo, before it was destroyed by fire on the night of October 8, 1871.
Postcard

"Queen Marinette" Residence

Date: 
Description: Inset of head and shoulders portrait of "Queen Marinette" along with a depiction of her home, which was one of the earliest houses in Marinette. She was th...
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Peshtigo Smoke Stack Ruins

Date: 1871
Description: Ruins of building showing smokestack still standing after the Peshtigo fire. A group of men are standing on the left.
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Aftermath of Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Street scene showing destruction after Peshtigo fire.
Photograph

Peshtigo Fire Ruins

Date: 1871
Description: Building destroyed in Peshtigo fire.
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Railroad Damage at the Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks.
Photograph

Peshtigo Congregational Church

Date: 1871
Description: Wood engraving of the Congregationalist Church in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch Of The Great Fires In Wisconsin".
Print

Peshtigo Schoolhouse

Date: 1871
Description: Photographic print of a wood engraving of a schoolhouse and children in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch of the Great Fire In Peshtigo."
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Marinette

Date: 1881
Description: Bird's-eye map of Marinette, with insets.
Photograph

Town from Across a River

Date: 1870
Description: View from shoreline over river towards the town.
Print

Peshtigo Fire Drawing

Date: 1871
Description: Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River.
Photograph

Marinette Harbor

Date: 1945
Description: Harbor in Marinette at sunset. Boats are docked at the sides of a canal. Smoke pours from smokestacks of a facility in the distance.
Photograph

Main Street Streetcar

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a streetcar going down North Main Street. Raiche Drugstore sits on the right corner.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Peshtigo

Date: 1881
Description: Bird's-eye map of Peshtigo.
Photograph

Beer Drinkers

Date: 
Description: A group of men near the Koss railroad depot, the majority of whom are seated on the ground. One of the men is sitting on a piano stool. To the right of the...
Photograph

Wisconsin & Michigan Locomotive at Marinette

Date: 05 24 1936
Description: A Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad pulling into the station at Marinette. The conductor on the step has been identified as Ray Campbell.
Photograph

Peshtigo Train Depot

Date: 1920
Description: View down platform towards the Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad. A box car of the Minneapolis, Saint Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad is sitting on a rail s...
Postcard

Street in Crivitz

Date: 
Description: View down center of one of the major streets. Caption reads: "Street Scene, Crivitz Wis." There is a church building on the left side.
Print

Christ Feed Mill

Date: 1963
Description: H.P. Christ Feed Mill. The first building across the street is the Atlas Hotel which was located at the site of the present Milo Howarth senior home. Other...

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