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Archae

(46,317 posts) Sat Oct 16, 2021, 11:27 AM Oct 2021

150 years ago, there was the Great Chicago Fire.

BUT...

A far worse fire occurred north of Chicago, in the small Wisconsin town of Peshtigo.

Far more people and acreage burned, but the Chicago fire overshadowed it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshtigo_fire

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150 years ago, there was the Great Chicago Fire. (Original Post) Archae Oct 2021 OP

Peshtigo was horrific. Ocelot II Oct 2021 #1

I've read that book and it's very good. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #2

Unfortunately Peshtigo did not have big shoulders. Sneederbunk Oct 2021 #3

Ocelot II

(115,669 posts)

1. Peshtigo was horrific.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Oct 16, 2021, 11:51 AM

Oct 2021

I have a book about it. https://www.amazon.com/Firestorm-Peshtigo-Deadliest-American-History/dp/0805072934 (I found the book at the Door County Museum instead of Amazon.) Family is from the Green Bay area since the 1850s - many relatives still live there and I visit often - so it's kind of familiar territory. Peshtigo was sort of forgotten because of the Chicago fire but it was a whole lot worse.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,841 posts)

2. I've read that book and it's very good.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 16, 2021, 12:24 PM

Oct 2021

I am a bit obsessed with fires, and often read books about them.

Sneederbunk

(14,289 posts)

3. Unfortunately Peshtigo did not have big shoulders.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Oct 16, 2021, 02:03 PM

Oct 2021

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