On the night of October 8, 1871, in Peshtigo, a lumber town about seven miles southwest of the Michigan-Wisconsin border, hundreds of people died: burned by fire, suffocating from smoke ...

With today’s technology and early warning systems, it’s hard to imagine how a fire could take so many lives. But in 1871, the small town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, didn’t have the hoses and ...

An illustration of people trying to flee the Great Fire of Peshtigo in 1871. A Wisconsin man and his child may have discovered the remains of a ship that ran aground during the deadly natural ...

It wasn't a summer but an October weekend, in 1871 when the country's deadliest forest fire ever broke out. It happened in the Northern Wisconsin town of Peshtigo. From Wisconsin Public Radio ...

Oct. 8, 1871, Peshtigo, WI—Peshtigo Fire On the same day as the Great Chicago Fire, just 253 miles to the north, a devastating wildfire broke out in Peshtigo, WI. The Peshtigo Fire is considered ...

a 122-foot-long ship that was abandoned during the 1871 Peshtigo fire, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history. The wreck’s location and data match those of the ship, the Wisconsin ...

I was here to highlight the $3 million Neighborhood Investment Grant that we awarded to the city,” said Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers. “... With these facility upgrades, the City of Peshtigo Fire ...

Wisconsin, according to the society. Historians said the ship was sailing blind that day through thick smoke from the Peshtigo Fire, a forest fire that surrounded Lake Michigan's Green Bay and ...

Wisconsin Public Service, Town of Peshtigo Fire Auxiliary and two Chaplains; Marinette County dispatchers.