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Peshtigo Fire Cemetery Marker

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

Survivors with Peshtigo Fire Historic Marker

Date: 10 07 1951
Description: A group of survivors of the Peshtigo Fire of 1871 are gathered in front of the Peshtigo Fire historical marker. The marker dedication coincided with the 80...
Property Record

N CNR OF ELLIS ST AND OCONTO ST

Community: Peshtigo
County: Marinette
Historic Name: ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Reference Number: 23203
Photograph

Peshtigo Fire Cemetery Official Marker

Date: 03 29 1951
Description: Indoor group portrait of men posed with the Wisconsin Official Marker. From left to right on either side of the marker are: Clifford Lord, Secretary of Sit...
Historical Essay

Spreading Like Wildfire: Wisconsin's Forest Fires

Discover the overlooked history of Wisconsin's deadly wildfires, including the 1871 disaster that killed 1,500 people.
Property Record

141-151 FRENCH ST

Community: Peshtigo
County: Marinette
Historic Name: I.O.O.F Building
Reference Number: 118747
Historical Essay

Stephenson, Isaac 1829-1918

Lumberman, Financier and Congressman
Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman.

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