engulfing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Wisconsin and Michigan. As many as 2,500 people died in the two states, including 1,000 in Peshtigo alone, making it the worst forest fire in North ...

In 1871, the great Peshtigo Fire would ravage northeastern Wisconsin ... which sits in Lake Michigan. Fetched up so high on the shore, it couldn't get off, so the crew posted up on the island ...

"I don't know how we top it. I told [Henley] I'm pretty sure there's no one else in her school that has ever found a shipwreck that nobody had recorded before… I guess we'll just have to fish more and ...

the Peshtigo Fire was raging in Wisconsin, directly to the north along the shores of Lake Michigan. Born of the same conditions as the Chicago fire, the Peshtigo Fire was far larger, leaving a ...

PESHTIGO, Wis. (WLUK) -- It is believed a more than 152-year-old shipwreck has been found after being lost the night of the Great Peshtigo Fire and a father-daughter duo from Peshtigo are the ones ...

The find of a 153-year-old ship in Wisconsin has historical ties to the Great Peshtigo Fire. Every shipwreck discovery offers a new clue into history. Last year, a Wisconsin elementary school ...