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    the Town of Peshtigo. It is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area. Peshtigo is known for being the site of the Peshtigo fire of 1871...
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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...
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    Peshtigo is a town located in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,006 at the 2020 census. The City of Peshtigo is located...
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    Midwestern United States. These fires include the Great Chicago Fire, Peshtigo Fire, and Great Michigan Fire. In total, the fires burnt more than 3,000...
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    The Peshtigo River (/ˈpɛʃtɪɡoʊ/ PESH-ti-go) is a 136-mile-long (219 km) tributary of Green Bay in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Peshtigo Fire happened...
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    055867; -87.753372 The Peshtigo Fire Museum preserves the heritage of the Peshtigo Fire, which destroyed the city of Peshtigo, Wisconsin and surrounding...
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  • Thunder River is a tributary of the Peshtigo River in Marinette County, Wisconsin. The Thunder River originates in northern Oconto County near Thunder...
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  • Little Peshtigo River is an 18.0-mile-long (29.0 km) river in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is a tributary of the Peshtigo River. The Little Peshtigo River...
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    The Peshtigo Fire Cemetery is a cemetery in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. The cemetery is the burial location of the charred remains of victims of the Peshtigo Fire...
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    Chicago Fire. Some 250 miles (400 km) to the north, the Peshtigo Fire consumed the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, along with a dozen other villages. It killed...
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    White Cedar Forest Perkinstown Hemlocks Peshtigo Brook Meadow & Woods Peshtigo Harbor Lacustrine Forest Peshtigo River Delta Marshes Pewit's Nest Pickerel...
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    Peshtigo River State Forest is a 12,400-acre (5,000 ha) Wisconsin state forest in Marinette and Oconto counties. The forest is on the Peshtigo River and...
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  • reinforced) by the same winds that fanned the Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo Fire and the Port Huron Fire; some believe lightning or even meteor showers...
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    other wood products. The night of October 8, 1871, a firestorm began near Peshtigo, Wisconsin, that spread through the woods and towns, consuming everything...
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    The Peshtigo Reef Light is a lighthouse in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States, offshore in lower Green Bay. Constructed in 1936 to replace a lightship...
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    large ships to use to bypass the Door Peninsula, while the Peshtigo River serves Peshtigo and Crivitz. Locally, the bay is called the Bay of Green Bay...
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  • Retrieved 1 December 2017. Hipke, Deana C. "The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871". The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871. Retrieved 1 December 2017. Schivelbusch...
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    Saturday bushfires, the 2021 British Columbia wildfires, and the Great Peshtigo Fire are possible examples of forest fires with some portion of combustion...
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    Thanksgiving Day Parade, she has a park dedicated to her in her native Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and she even has an offer for a cereal brand. When she was...
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    completed. The route was decommissioned in 1980. Business Highway 41 in Peshtigo follows the former alignment of US 41. U.S. Route 141 § Business routes...
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    Stephenson, Wisconsin Town Peshtigo River as seen from Stephenson. Location of Stephenson, Wisconsin Coordinates: 45°17′15″N 88°8′59″W / 45.28750°N 88...
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    located on the Canadian National Railway 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Peshtigo. Wilcox was named for a local settler. A creamery operated at Wilcox, owned...
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    Niagara Peshtigo Coleman Crivitz Pound Wausaukee Amberg Athelstane Beaver Beecher Dunbar Goodman Grover Lake Middle Inlet Niagara Pembine Peshtigo Porterfield...
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    Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. As Catholic pastor of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, he survived the Peshtigo fire on October 8–9, 1871. His survivor's memoir, written...
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    Rank Death toll Event Location Date 1. 1,200–2,500 Peshtigo fire Wisconsin, United States October 8, 1871 2. 1,000+ Kursha-2 fire Soviet Union August 3...
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  • The railway also purchased the railroad property of the Peshtigo Lumber Company of Peshtigo, Wi. The W&M Railway was conceived in 1893 by John N Faithorn...
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  • River Little Popple River Pine River Popple River Brule River Peshtigo River Little Peshtigo River Thunder River Rat River Indian River Oconto River Little...
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    The Great Lakes, a collection of five freshwater lakes located in North America, have been sailed upon since at least the 17th century, and thousands of...
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    during some of the largest bush fires, forest fires, and wildfires. The Peshtigo Fire is one example of a firestorm. Firestorms can also be deliberate effects...
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    The Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Company of Peshtigo, Wisconsin was a manufacturer of pleasure boats and canoes. Founded by brothers Peter and...
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