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The Peshtigo fire was a large forest fire on October 8, 1871, in northeastern Wisconsin, United States, including much of the southern half of the Door Peninsula and adjacent parts of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
The fire also grew due to the strong winds. The cities of Holland and Manistee were completely destroyed and other cities such as Alpena and Port Huron (in the Port Huron Fire) were damaged. The city and county of Menominee was damaged in the Peshtigo Fire. Overall the fires burnt around 2.5 million acres. [21]
1871 – Peshtigo Fire of 1871, several towns destroyed in a firestorm that reached Michigan, 1,500–2,500 dead. Deadliest wildfire in American history. 1871 – Great Michigan Fire of 1871 was a series of simultaneous fires, the most prominent of which was the Port Huron Fire, which killed over 200 people in Port Huron, Michigan.
Peshtigo Fire Museum Peshtigo map before fire, September 1871 Peshtigo Fire Cemetery. Peshtigo (/ ˈ p ɛ ʃ t ɪ ɡ oʊ / PESH-ti-go) is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was at 3,420 as of the 2020 census The city is surrounded by the Town of Peshtigo. It is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan ...
Peshtigo Fire, 1871; most loss of life in a US wildfire. Great Fire of 1910 in the US; shaped 20th-century wildfire policy; 1988 Yellowstone wildfires; 2011 Texas wildfires; 2012 Oklahoma wildfires; 2013 Beaver Creek Fire in Idaho. 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire; 2016 Nevada wildfire [31] October 2017 Northern California wildfires; 2018 Camp Fire; 2018 ...
The devastating fires raging across much of Southern California have caused extreme damage, leveling some of Los Angeles' historic landmarks. Firefighters continue to battle several wildfires ...
A charred bible found after the Peshtigo Fire of 1871. It was petrified from the intense heat and found opened to the pages containing Psalms 106 and 107. ... the U.S. began seeing the emergence ...
144 years ago, the Great Fire of Chicago took over the city, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.