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| 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: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Weather map depicting the great cyclonic storm that prevailed the day of the Peshtigo and Chicago fires. |
| Discover historical details and explore our online collections related to Peshtigo, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
| 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... |
| 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 |
| Brief account of the Peshtigo Fire that, in 1871, destroyed in two hours a swath of forest 10 miles wide and 40 miles long. |
| Survivors of the Peshtigo Fire |
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| Learn about two settlers, a white man and Indian woman, who survived the Peshtigo Fire. |
| 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 |
Paperback: $15.95
112 pages, 70 color photos and illustrations, 2 maps, 8 x 9”
ISBN: 9780870204999
Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press
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| Price: | $15.95 |
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| Discover the overlooked history of Wisconsin's deadly wildfires, including the 1871 disaster that killed 1,500 people. |
| See a list and brief description of significant fires in Wisconsin history. |
| Learn about the Peshtigo fire of 1871 |
| Community: | Gardner |
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| County: | Door |
| Historic Name: | J COUNARD HOUSE |
| Reference Number: | 25856 |
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