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Peshtigo fire: Media

forest fire, Wisconsin, United States [1871]

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The Great Chicago Fire and the deadly Peshtigo firestorm started on the same day
Learn more about the Great Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo fire of 1871,
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Peshtigo fire of 1871
People fleeing the fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, illustration from Harper's Weekly,...
U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region
Peshtigo Fire Museum
Peshtigo Fire Museum, Peshtigo, Wisconsin.
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Peshtigo fire of 1871
Forest fires that had been burning for several days and destroyed hundreds of square...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski