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| Community: | Peshtigo |
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| County: | Marinette |
| Historic Name: | Peshtigo Fire Cemetery |
| Reference Number: | 70000037 |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Street scene showing destruction after Peshtigo fire. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River. |
| Date: | 12 10 1951 |
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| Description: | Peshtigo Fire Cemetery marker, shown on the site. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Aftermath of Peshtigo fire on October 8, 1871. Devastated landscape with deer carcass in foreground. The Peshtigo fire razed the small town of approximatel... |
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| Description: | Families huddled in a field in the Sugar Bushes, attempting to escape the Peshtigo Fire. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Ruins of building showing smokestack still standing after the Peshtigo fire. A group of men are standing on the left. |
| Community: | Peshtigo |
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| County: | Marinette |
| Historic Name: | Peshtigo Fire Cemetery |
| Reference Number: | 139898 |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Wood engraving of the Congregationalist Church in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch Of The Great Fires In Wisconsin". |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Photographic print of a wood engraving of a schoolhouse and children in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch of the Great Fire In Peshtigo." |
| Date: | 1931-09-17 |
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| County: | Marinette |
| City: | Peshtigo |
| Date: | 1914-06-15 |
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| County: | Marinette |
| City: | Peshtigo |
| Date: | 10 07 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1921-10-06 |
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| County: | Marinette |
| City: | Peshtigo |
| Date: | 09 1871 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Peshtigo, before it was destroyed by fire on the night of October 8, 1871. |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Mill dam and sash factory. "The Northwester Gateway. Excursion to Lake Superior, June 1867. Photographed and Published by J. Carbutt, 131 Lake St., Chicago... |
| Community: | Peshtigo |
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| County: | Marinette |
| Historic Name: | ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH |
| Reference Number: | 23203 |
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