The same day the Peshtigo fire raced across northeast Wisconsin, a fire started in the barn of the O'Leary family in Chicago. (By most accounts, it wasn't the cow's fault.) The fire spread through ...

(WBAY) - The Wisconsin Historical Society honored a ... near Green Island because of smoke from the catastrophic Peshtigo fire of October 8th, 1871. Now, more than 150 years after the George ...

to qualified Town of Peshtigo residents as part of a comprehensive fire safety campaign. A limited number of smoke alarms have been obtained through the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin ...