Peshtigo Fire Page. Today Was the Worst Natural Disaster in America.Almost Everyone Knows the Chicago Fire, Few Know the Pestigo Fire.1200 to 2400 Died. Chicago Fire the Same Day - Hundreds Died There

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Peshtigo Fire Page:


THE
PESHTIGO
FIRE
October 8, 1871

In terms of lives lost, the worst natural disaster in US history. It included significant parts of three upper Great Lakes states.


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