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	Wisconsin
		Wisconsin Territory was organized on July 3, 1836, and it became the 30th state on May 29 1848.
		Wisconsin is served by the public University of Wisconsin System consisting of 15 institutions, including the flagship University of Wisconsin campus in Madison.
		Citizens of Wisconsin are referred to as Wisconsinites, although a common nickname (sometimes used pejoratively) among non-residents is "Cheeseheads," because of the prevalence and quality of cheesemaking in the state.
	articles.gourt.com /en/Wisconsin (2960 words)

	Fire Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Town of Peshtigo Fire Department was established in 1964.
		The Town of Peshtigo's firefighters are trained and equipped to respond to a variety of emergencies.
		The Town of Peshtigo has mutual aid agreements with all surrounding fire departments including the Cities of Marinette and Peshtigo, county wide mutual aid, and agreements with the Department of Natural Resources for wild land fire suppression.
	www.townofpeshtigo.org /firedepartment.html (717 words)

	Peshtigo, Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peshtigo is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.
		Peshtigo is most famous as the site of the Peshtigo Fire of 1871, in which more than 1,200 people perished.
		This fire, known as the Peshtigo Fire, is the deadliest in American history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peshtigo,_Wisconsin (459 words)

	Dock Office, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, WHi-43263
		A view of the light house and dock office at Peshtigo Harbor.
		This image is issued by the Wisconsin Historical Society.
		Use of the image requires written permission from the staff of the Division of Library-Archives.
	www.wisconsinhistory.org /whi/fullRecord.asp?id=43263 (100 words)

	The great Peshtigo fire
		Many worshipers in the church congregations throughout the small logging town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin were praying for rain on Sunday October 8, 1871.
		The surrounding woods and grasslands were dry and brittle and crews of volunteers from the town had spent many a day battling the sporadic wildfires that flickered across the horizon.
		Although the ultra dry drought conditions are the official cause of the Peshtigo Fire, one theory speculates that a comet struck the earth in the area.
	mt.essortment.com /peshtigofire_rixl.htm (642 words)

	Peshtigo (town), Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peshtigo is a town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.
		Peshtigo had a fire in their town the same day as The Great Chicago Fire, October 8, 1871 but it killed three times as many people.
		In the town the population was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peshtigo_(town),_Wisconsin (413 words)

	ipedia.com: Peshtigo Fire Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Peshtigo was a center of manufacture of wood products of all sorts in 1871, sitting as it did in the center of a large area of timbering.
		The combination of wind, topography and ignition sources that created the firestorm is known as the Peshtigo Paradigm, which was studied and recreated by the American and British military during World War II for the fire bombings of German and Japanese cities.
		One controversial speculation, first suggested in 1883, is that the occurrence of the Peshtigo and Chicago fires on the same day was not a coincidence, but that both fires were caused by the impact of fragments from Comet Biela.
	www.ipedia.com /peshtigo_fire.html (648 words)

	Wisconsin (Harpers.org)
		The little town was utterly destroyed, and between 600 and 700 people, unable to escape, perished in the flames.
		A Wisconsin woman rammed her car into a Catholic church after deciding that God does not exist; her car was destroyed, but the church was unharmed.
		A Wisconsin man was arrested for putting an electric dog collar on his eight-year-old stepdaughter and zapping her for not eating fast enough.
	www.harpers.org /Wisconsin.html (639 words)

	Route 41 And Other Stories - Wisconsin
		Peshtigo's claim to fame (or infamy, really) is it's famous fire, which occurred on exactly the same day as the great Chicago fire.
		Wisconsin is beer and German food, good stick-to-the-ribs food that they have tried to tell us recently might not be so good for us.
		The town is also home to the clothing manufacturer, OshKosh B'Gosh, and most of us as kids or farmers have owned a pair of their famous bib overalls.
	www.route41.org /route41wisconsin.html (2674 words)

	Peshtigo - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Wisconsin Public Service Receives Federal Approvals to Transfer Peshtigo River Lands to the State of Wisconsin.
		Wisconsin Public Service and the Department of Natural Resources Close On Phase II of Peshtigo River Land Deal; The Original Agreement in 2001 Called for Purchases by the State of Wisconsin In 2001, 2003, and 2004 With a Large Land Donation by Public Service to Follow.
		The mass grave for victims of a fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, is among the places to visit on a driving tour around Lake Michigan.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-E-Peshtigo.html (462 words)

	OnMilwaukee.com Dining: Peshtigo remembers deadly blaze of 1871
		Peshtigo and an estimated 500 residents were destroyed in the fire.
		It will always be known as the Peshtigo Fire, but it actually consumed an estimated 1.5 million acres or 2,400 square miles in northeast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
		The fire fiend was holding high carnival having selected the towns of Peshtigo, Marinette and Menekaune as its prey.
	www.onmilwaukee.com /articles/peshtigo.html* (916 words)

	The Peshtigo fire and museum
		The Peshtigo fire was lost for a time in our history due to that the Chicago fire happend on the same day.
		The Peshtigo Fire Museum is in the first church that was built after the October 8, 1871 fire.
		Next to the museum is the Peshtigo Fire Cemetary which has graves of people who lost their lives in the Peshtigo fire of 1871.
	va.essortment.com /peshtigofire_rctl.htm (893 words)

	Peshtigo Fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peshtigo was a center of manufacture of wood products of all sorts in 1871, sitting as it did in the center of a large area of timbering.
		The Peshtigo Fire Museum, just west of Highway 41, has a small collection of artifacts from the fire, first-person descriptions about the Peshtigo Fire told by the survivors, and a graveyard dedicated to victims of the tragedy.
		One controversial speculation, first suggested in 1883, is that the occurrence of the Peshtigo and Chicago fires on the same day was not a coincidence, but that both fires were caused by the impact of fragments from Comet Biela.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peshtigo_Fire (762 words)

	MPR: Peshtigo: a tornado of fire revisited
		Duluth, Minn. — In 1871, Peshtigo was a small town nestled on the Peshtigo River, which flows into Green Bay.
		The town was at the center of a tornado of flame.
		Denise Gess is co-author with William Lutz of Firestorm at Peshtigo.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/200211/27_hemphills_peshtigofire (1296 words)

	peshtigo
		The city was bisected by the Peshtigo River; immense forests began at the town's edge.
		About 800 of the 2,000 people who lived in Peshtigo worked either in logging or saw milling operations or were employed at a huge woodenware factory that locals liked to boast was the best and biggest of its kind in the world.
		The atmosphere quickly grew unbearably warm and the town was enveloped by a rush of air as hot as though it were issuing from a blast furnace.
	www.davidstuff.com /historical/peshtigo.htm (700 words)

	Wisconsin Property, Home Rentals, Homes For Rent, Rental Houses - Condos in Wisconsin
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	www.homerentalads.com /wisconsin (527 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Forgotten Fury
		Virgin forest came up close to the edge of the town, and the white pines that were the dominant tree often stood 120 feet tall.
		The firefighters and the town’s only fire engine went to meet it, but it was almost instantly obvious that they could do nothing but run for their lives.
		Peshtigo was, by a considerable margin, the largest and most lethal fire in American history.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/web/20051008-peshtigo-chicago-fire.shtml (1311 words)

	Inferno > English > Historical Fires > 1871 - Peshtigo Fire
		In railroad boomtown of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, it had not rained substantially from July to September, leaving the surrounding woods and grasslands bone dry.
		Gale-force winds had whipped the wildfires surrounding the town into a firestorm, and Peshtigo was directly in its path.
		The Peshtigo Fire Museum opened in 1963 to honor those who died in the Peshtigo Wildfire, and to tell its story.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0119184/english/historical_fires_peshtigo_fire.shtml (410 words)

	hybridmagazine.com :: indie counter-culture daily, no secret handshakes.
		On the night of October 8, 1871 the residents of Peshtigo, Wisconsin could smell smoke and see the glow of distant fires in the sky.
		Those who lived in lumber towns like Peshtigo became accustomed to these fires: one contemporary eyewitness said that in the autumn "the red on the distant hillsides was created by flames rather than the glow of frosted oaks."
		Peshtigo was also home to a sawmill which ran 97 saws and produced 150,000 feet of lumber a day, a sash, door, and blind factory, a foundry and flsmith shop, stores, hotels, a boarding house, a schoolhouse, and a Protestant as well as a Catholic church.
	www.hybridmagazine.com /culture/0903/peshtigo.shtml (714 words)

	The Great Peshtigo Fire-The Worst in United States History - Associated Content
		The Great Peshtigo Fire of October 8th, 1871 was the worst fire in the history of the United States.
		Although this fire burned huge areas of Wisconsin and Michigan, it took the most lives in the town of Peshtigo in Wisconsin, hence the name.
		Peshtigo and the surrounding towns were centers for the manufacturing of wood products, smack in the middle of logging country.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/112726/the_great_peshtigo_firethe_worst_in.html (532 words)

	The Weather Doctor Almanac 2000
		On the same day that the Michigan, Wisconsin and Chicago fires flared up, regions of Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Indiana were severely devastated by prairie-fires while forest fires raged on the flanks of the Alleghenies, the Sierras and the Rocky Mountains, as well as along the Red River of the North.
		A recent hypothesis suggests that the simultaneous major fire outbreaks occurring in Chicago, Peshtigo and Manistee, Michigan were sparked by heavenly fireballs bombarding the Earth, the remnants of Comet Biela.
		Peshtigo reported rainfall of 0.3 to 0.5 inches (8 to 13 mm) on the 9th.
	www.islandnet.com /~see/weather/almanac/arc2000/alm00oct.htm (3168 words)

	Wisconsin Canoeing Kayaking Rivers
		The Wisconsin River flows 430 miles across the state from Lac Vieux Desert in northern Wisconsin to its junction with the Mississippi River at Wyalusing State Park in southwestern Wisconsin.
		Depending on the flow of the Wisconsin, you may have to drag your feet a bit to stretch this into a week long trip, but you will surely enjoy the scenery and great camping.
		The upper Wisconsin (Vilas and Oneida Counties to Merrill) is a relaxing way to view the natural beauty of the Northwoods.
	www.anythingwisconsin.com /canoeing.htm (2422 words)

	OnMilwaukee.com Dining: Peshtigo remembers deadly blaze of 1871
		Peshtigo and an estimated 500 residents were destroyed in the fire.
		It will always be known as the Peshtigo Fire, but it actually consumed an estimated 1.5 million acres or 2,400 square miles in northeast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
		The fire fiend was holding high carnival having selected the towns of Peshtigo, Marinette and Menekaune as its prey.
	onmilwaukee.com /articles/peshtigo.html (922 words)

	Community Involvement - Peshtigo River State Forest - Master Planning - WDNR
		At the root of developing the Peshtigo River State Forest Master plan is the belief that those interested in the future of our forest lands should have the opportunity to participate in the planning process.
		The Peshtigo River State Forest will be managed and developed as a Wisconsin State Forest under Ch28.04 Wis. Stats.
		Members of the public share ideas at a meeting in the Town of Stephenson held on October 17, 2006 as part of the Peshtigo River State Forest master planning process.
	dnr.wi.gov /master_planning/ttsp_pesh/pesh-cominvolve.htm (1152 words)

	Peshtigo Fire Museum - An UnCommon Place in Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		An intense and catastrophic firestorm (fire and tornado) took the lives of 800 people in Peshtigo on October 6, 1871.
		The entire town was destroyed with the exception one house (which was being built at the time with green pine wood) and a a few small items that are displayed in a case in the Peshtigo Fire Museum.
		Stories about this fire, burned survivors who ran to the river and many associated events are astounding and amazing and represent the fierce horror and terror of that night.
	www.uncommondays.com /states/wi/places/peshtigofire.htm (173 words)

	Peshtigo Times - Peshtigo Fire Museum
		After the roaring flames passed through Peshtigo, and the powerful winds died down, survivors of the 1871 blaze began putting the pieces of their lives back together.
		Although the town was completely destroyed, many items weathered the fire's intense flames, and now these artifacts are preserved in the Peshtigo Fire Museum.
		The Peshtigo Fire Museum is located in the heart of Peshtigo and is open Memorial Day weekend through Oct. 8.
	www.peshtigotimes.com /FireMuseum.html (400 words)

	No. 1524: The Great Peshtigo Fire
		Peshtigo was a young, burgeoning logging center with well over two thousand people in it.
		The death toll in Peshtigo was eight hundred, but the fire touched many other towns in the area.
		I suppose Peshtigo was kin to Ruanda or Biafra - too far from the public's mind, too far out in the wilderness of our new country.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1524.htm (541 words)

	Peshtigo Times Wisconsin Article Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		-Following a public hearing and discussion, the Peshtigo Town Board, Tuesday Oct. 17, denied the request of Ken Zynda, N1914 County Highway BB Marinette from R-1 to A-1.
		Zynda had bought the house from Tom Joy, and claimed he had called the town hall and was told he didn't need a permit to remodel the house.
		A liquor license application for Dawn Marie Tank for the former Scooters Tavern on Hwy 64 at Co. RW was put off pending her submission of documents clarifying ownership.
	www.webmediainc.com /54157PT/PeshtigoTimes.taf?function=detail&Layout1_uid2=18377 (730 words)

	Wisconsin Attractions: Scenic Waterfalls
		Some of the most spectacular waterfalls in Wisconsin are located along the south shore of Lake Superior in Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas and Iron Counties; and in Marinette County on the western shore of Green Bay.
		About 2 miles SW of Hurley in the town of Gile, Iron County.
		About 15 miles W of Amberg on the Peshtigo River, in McClintock Park, Marinette County.
	www.wisconline.com /attractions/waterfalls.html (1037 words)

	Peshtigo River State Forest - Division of Forestry - WDNR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The state forest provides two systems of trails that are designated for cross-country skiing in winter and hiking the rest of the year.
		There are no designated beaches in the state forest; however, public beaches are available at Twin Bridges County Park and the Town of Stephenson Public Park.
		The forests surrounding the Peshtigo flowages offer abundant food, water, and shelter for a variety of animal species, such as songbirds, turkeys, white-tail deer, fl bears, and butterflies, to name just a few.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/land/Forestry/stateforests/SF-Peshtigo/Peshtigo-rec-day.htm (501 words)

	Midwest Destination: Peshtigo Fire Museum, Peshitgo, Marinette County, Wisconsin / ComPortOne of Rockford
		The town of Peshtigo was centered around a woodenware factory, the largest in the country.
		The memory of 350 unidentified men, women and children is preserved in a nearby mass grave." Incredibly sad stories are found throughout the museum and especially on the tombstones adjacent to the museum.
		Approximately 75 lost their lives in the Peshtigo Company's boarding house on the east side of the river.
	www.comportone.com /cpo/destination/articles/peshtigofire.htm (380 words)

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