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	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.
		The importance of Chicago in 1871 can't be minimized - a rail center, a marketplace, a gateway to the West.
	www.uh.edu /admin/engines/epi1524.htm (541 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 combination of wind, topography, and ignition sources that created the firestorm is known as the Peshtigo Paradigm and was studied and recreated by the American and British military during World War II in their fire bombings of German and Japanese cities.
		One controversial speculation, first suggested in 1883, is that the occurrence of the Peshtigo, Chicago and Holland fires on the same day was not a coincidence, but that all three fires were caused by the impact of fragments from Comet Biela.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peshtigo_Fire (570 words)

	Peshtigo, Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peshtigo is a city located in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
		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 (468 words)

	Peshtigo Fire -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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 (Click link for more info and facts about timbering) 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.
		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.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/peshtigo_fire.htm (717 words)

	Peshtigo Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Peshtigo was a center of manufacture of products of all sorts in 1871 sitting it did in the center of a area of timbering.
		The Peshtigo Fire Museum just west of 41 has a small collection of artifacts the fire first-person descriptions about the Peshtigo told by the survivors and a graveyard to victims of the tragedy.
		The combination of wind topography and ignition that created the firestorm is known as Peshtigo Paradigm which was studied and recreated the American and British military during World II for the fire bombings of German Japanese cities.
	www.freeglossary.com /Great_Peshtigo_Fire (816 words)

	Seeing The Light - Peshtigo Reef Lighthouse
		While Peshtigo Point could easily be seen jutting into Green Bay to the east of the Peshtigo River entrance, what could not be seen was the treacherous reef which extended some three miles beyond the offshore end of the point.
		Without the necessary funds to construct a lighted station, the District Inspector was forced to seek alternate methods of marking the hazard, and to this end the perimeter of the reef closest to the river was marked with four spar buoys later that same year.
		Too late to be placed on the reef, she was finally towed to her station on Peshtigo Reef, and her Master Peter Knudsen exhibited the vessels lanterns for the first time on the night of April 28, 1906.
	terrypepper.com /lights/michigan/peshtigo/peshtigo.htm (1675 words)

	Peshtigo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		3,154), Marinette co., NE Wis., on the Peshtigo River 6 mi (9.7 km) inland from its mouth on Green Bay; inc. 1903.
		Located in a dairying and lumbering region, the city is a resort town that also produces paper, transportation equipment, laminated lumber, and tools.
		A nearby memorial and museum recall the Peshtigo Fire, Oct. 8, 1871, in which 1,182 people were killed by a wildfire that ultimately consumed more that 1 million acres (400,000 hectares) of forest.
	www.bartleby.com /65/e-/E-Peshtigo.html (165 words)

	Peshtigo Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Despite the fact that the death toll of the Peshtigo fire may have been 800 percent that of the Chicago fire and that the fire covered much more land, little...
		The Peshtigo fire is noted by fire historians as the most damaging fire in American history and caused catastrophe throughout northeastern Wisconsin.
		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.wikiverse.org /peshtigo-fire (736 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)

	AllRefer.com - Peshtigo, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Located in a dairying and lumbering region, the city is a resort town that also produces paper, transportation equipment, laminated lumber, and tools.
		A nearby memorial and museum recall the Peshtigo Fire, Oct. 8, 1871, in which 1,182 people were killed by a wildfire that ultimately consumed more that 1 million acres (400,000 hectares) of forest.
		Peshtigo : at the time an important lumbering center : and several villages were destroyed.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/E-Peshtigo.html (211 words)

	The great Peshtigo fire
		The Great Peshtigo Fire was, and is, the worst fire in the history of the United States, taking more lives than the next two worst fires combined.
		Adjacent to the museum is the Peshtigo Fire Cemetery containing the remains of several hundred unidentified persons and a monument to those who died.
		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)

	JS Online: History seared into Peshtigo's memory
		Peshtigo - The walls of City Hall are adorned with historic photographs, among them a picture of Peshtigo's first fire department gathered around its horse-drawn pumper, a later version of the same department and, from early in the 1900s, a photo of a smiling, waving Uncle Sam in the Fourth of July parade.
		Yes, they take their fire seriously in Peshtigo, which stands to reason given that fire put Peshtigo on the map, but only by first burning if off the face of the Earth.
		When fire came, it whipped into Peshtigo on tornado winds, with flames that reached hundreds of feet and told residents in no uncertain terms their community was a goner.
	www.jsonline.com /dd/destmid/apr03/134465.asp (1049 words)

	City of Peshtigo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The great Peshtigo fire of 1871 claimed the lives of 800 men, women and children and leveled the town.
		A museum is housed in the first church built in Peshtigo after this disaster, and is a living model of the area's history.
		Peshtigo has grown from the ashes of this great disaster to become the second largest city in Marinette County.
	www.marinettecounty.com /cc_city_peshtigo.htm (190 words)

	Peshtigo Fire Museum - An UnCommon Place in Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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)

	Great Peshtigo Fire
		The Peshtigo fire, as it was dubbed, represents the greatest tragedy of its kind in North America.
		Describing the Peshtigo holocaust as a "tornado of fire" is not an exaggeration.
		In Peshtigo, all that stands as a reminder to the disaster is a small memorial.
	www.boisestate.edu /history/ncasner/hy210/peshtigo.htm (1059 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.
		Denise Gess is the co-author with William Lutz of Firestorm at Peshtigo, a detailed history of the disaster.
		Denise Gess is co-author with William Lutz of Firestorm at Peshtigo.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/200211/27_hemphills_peshtigofire (1396 words)

	Welcome to Peshtigo River Resort on High Falls Flowage near Crivitz Wisconsin!
		Located on the shore of the Peshtigo River on the north end of High Falls Flowage, Peshtigo River Resort is one of the premiere destinations in the "Near North" area.
		Open year-round, Peshtigo River Resort is in the heart of the newly established Peshtigo River State Forest and just a short distance from the new Governor Thompson State Park.
		In addition, Peshtigo River Resort is located on the Iron Snowshoe Snowmobile Trail, with over 130 miles of groomed trails stretching all of the way from Crivitz into the beautiful Nicolet National Forest.
	www.peshtigoriverresort.com (720 words)

	OnMilwaukee.com Travel and Visitors Guide: 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 /visitors/articles/peshtigo.html (962 words)

	Peshtigo Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce - History, Event Calendar, and Member Directory
		Like the wild fire of October 8, 1871, Peshtigo's economic opportunities are rapidly spreading, thanks to the success of the Industrial Park, which is home to some of Northeast Wisconsin's most successful businesses, and a strong and diverse local infrastructure.
		Peshtigo's main industrial park is located within a T.I.F. District.
		Peshtigo has two revolving loan funds at very reasonable rates to help qualifying businesses start or expand within the City of Peshtigo.
	www.peshtigochamber.com /business.cfm (163 words)

	Peshtigo Personals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A 13-year-old Peshtigo girl is safe after a stranger kidnapped and sexually assaulted her...
		flowages and a six-mile stretch of the Peshtigo River in Marinette and Oconto counties, the third-largest...
		A Peshtigo man was Marinette County's fourth traffic crash victim this year-- and the third in a week.
	www.adatingagency.co.uk /personals2/datingindex5102.html (388 words)

	WDNR - DNR News - November 16, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		CRIVITZ, Wis. -- The Peshtigo River State Forest, Wisconsin’s newest state forest and the first one established in the state in 30 years, includes more than 9,000 acres of land, 3,000 acres of water, and 70 miles of scenic shoreline.
		Soon, the Peshtigo widens to become the Caldron Falls Flowage with its pristine shoreline that is without cottages, resorts or piers.
		The Peshtigo River State Forest is mostly high ground and the geology of this area features primarily dry and infertile sandy soil with outcrops of granite near the surface.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/news/on/2004/on041116.htm (2770 words)

	Peshtigo Real Estate Agents, Peshtigo Homes For Sale, REALTORS and Peshtigo
		Find Peshtigo school district information, including elementary, middle and high school test scores, student faculty ratios and other k-12 statistics.
		HomeGain has services to help you find a top Peshtigo real estate broker or agent, get the value of your Peshtigo home and a comparative market analysis (CMA), view Peshtigo real estate and MLS listings, prepare your home for sale, and more.
		Cuando se registre para encontrar un agente de bienes raices en Peshtigo, simplemente indique que necesita un agente que habla Español.
	www.homegain.com /local_real_estate/WI/peshtigo.html (507 words)

	Raft Wisconsin-Wisconsin white water rafting trips at Kosirs, Athelstane WI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Children should be 12 years of age on the Peshtigo and 16 years of age on the Menominee.
		Rafters on the Peshtigo trips should be prepared to go in the one-person funyaks.
		Rafters on the Peshtigo trips should be prepared to go in the one-person funyaks if water conditions are low.
	www.kosirs.com /rivers.html (1420 words)

	peshtigo
		ISSUES: The FERC is finalizing the articles for the six dams on the Peshtigo (all below the Roaring Rapids section) and expects to issue them in June/July 1997.
		Several other options are available for running the Peshtigo that include upper sections all the way north to Cavour, but the standard whitewater run begins at the mouth of Otter Creek.
		Soon after launching you come to the first set of rapids, a long continuous stretch of class II in high water and an extremely frustrating pinball course full of rocks at more typical low water.
	www.paddleguides.com /rivers/midwest/wisconsin_lk_michigan/peshtigo_lower/peshtigo.html (1256 words)

	WER: The Great Peshtigo Fire [Introduction]
		In the fall of 1871, like other localities to which the expanding railroads were bringing an undreamed prosperity, Peshtigo, on the river of the same name in Marinette County, was exploiting the surrounding forest lands to the fullest advantage.
		William G. Ogden, the Chicago millionaire, had invested heavily in what was then the country's largest wooden-ware factory to convert the river-borne logs into such articles as pails, tubs, broom handles, barrel covers, and clothespins.
		The occurrences of that dreadful night have never been accorded their proper place in the history of American disasters, primarily because Chicago's ordeal was by its very nature more spectacular, more universally publicized, and more often revived in print.
	www.library.wisc.edu /etext/WIReader/WER2002-0.html (728 words)

	The Great Peshtigo Fire from the WHS Press
		In fact, no forest fire since the Peshtigo disaster has taken more lives; and the Chicago fire remains the most destructive metropolitan blaze in the nation's history, having caused some $200,000,000 in property damage and all but obliterating the city's core.
		To this new edition the WHS Press is pleased to add a foreword by Stephen J. Pyne, professor at Arizona State University in Tempe, author of numerous books on wildland fire, and the foremost historian of fire whom governments the world over consult for advice about environmental issues related to fire.
		"What happened in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, on October 8, 1871, was part of a ring of fire that continues to ripple around the globe.
	www.wisconsinhistory.org /whspress/books/book.asp?book_id=173 (370 words)

	US 41 - Oconto to Peshtigo need for improvements
		The 2007 average daily traffic (ADT) projection near the Oconto River in Oconto is 14,700, and the ADT projection for the same year near the Peshtigo River in Peshtigo is 21,800.
		The total crash and injury rates in Oconto and Peshtigo were above statewide average rates and the fatal crash rate in Peshtigo was above the statewide average rate.
		Between Oconto and Peshtigo, the total and injury crash rates were below statewide average rates and the fatal crash rate was above the statewide average rate.
	www.dot.state.wi.us /projects/d3/us41oconto/need.htm (422 words)

	Peshtigo Real Estate Guide and Valuations - Zillow
		The Zindex for Peshtigo, as well as individual home real estate valuations, can be used by homeowners, Realtors, residents listing for sale by owner homes (FSBO), as well as just curious real estate enthusiasts.
		These values are derived from all the homes in an area, not just homes for sale listed on the MLS.
		The Zindex™ is Zillow's Housing Index and is the median Zestimate™ for a given geographic area on a given day.
	www.zillow.com /local/Wisconsin/Marinette/Peshtigo (146 words)

	The Peshtigo River
		The Peshtigo watershed starts almost 50 miles northwest of the roaring rapids section that is famous for it's whitewater.
		The Peshtigo is free flowing and devoid of dams upstream of the Roaring Rapids section, so there is no shock absorber effect to smooth out flows.
		The Peshtigo was ideal for this with its high spring flows and the fact that it stretched from a Lake Michigan port city (Peshtigo) deep into the forests.
	www.silvercliff.com /rafting/rafting2.html (1238 words)

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