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Peshtigo Fire

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Peshtigo Fire: see under Peshtigo Peshtigo , city (1990 pop. 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,
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Some of the largest, most destructive fires in America were caused by logging, such as the Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin that burned a million acres and killed 1,200 people.
Fire vortices contributed to both the speed and destructiveness of the Peshtigo Fire.
One of the worst wildfires in history was the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin and Michigan in 1871.
 
 
 
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