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| Date: | 12 10 1951 |
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| Description: | Peshtigo Fire Cemetery marker, shown on the site. |
| 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: | 1999 |
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| Description: | Map depicting the burned over area created by the fire on October 8, 1871. Map includes inset of Wisconsin and surrounding states with detail of area impac... |
| Community: | Peshtigo |
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| County: | Marinette |
| Historic Name: | ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH |
| Reference Number: | 23203 |
| Date: | 03 29 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 05 1951 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr., (left) and James R. Law, state highway commission chairman, standing indoors with the Peshtigo cemetery marker. The marker w... |
| Date: | 1928-10-09 |
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| County: | Marinette |
| City: | Peshtigo |
| Discover the overlooked history of Wisconsin's deadly wildfires, including the 1871 disaster that killed 1,500 people. |
| Community: | Peshtigo |
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| County: | Marinette |
| Historic Name: | I.O.O.F Building |
| Reference Number: | 118747 |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | B.C. Flint's Jewelry Shop and the George Ullsperger tailor shop. The large building is Matt Pelnar's Hall (built by John Kallender). It was used for basket... |
| Lumberman, Financier and Congressman |
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| Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman. |
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