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Bookmark or Share- City of Peshtigo – The City Rebuilt From AshesFrom the Office of the Mayor. As Mayor, I am proud to welcome you to the City of Peshtigo’s official website. Peshtigo is historically known as “The City Rebuilt from Ashes”, as it had the worst recorded forest fire in North America, claiming over 1,000 lives.
- Peshtigo fire - WikipediaThe Peshtigo fire was a large forest fire on October 8, 1871, in northeastern Wisconsin, United States, including much of the southern half of the Door Peninsula and adjacent parts of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
- How the 1871 Peshtigo Fire Became America’s Deadliest WildfireOn the night of October 8, 1871, women snatched their children from their beds, men formed ad hoc fire brigades, and the terrified residents of Peshtigo, Wisconsin fled what would become the...
- Peshtigo | Wisconsin, Fire, 1871, & Facts | BritannicaPeshtigo, city, Marinette county, northeastern Wisconsin, U.S. It is situated on the Peshtigo River, about 45 miles (70 km) northeast of Green Bay. The site was first settled about 1838. On October 8, 1871, forest fires that had been burning for several days razed the city and killed about 800 residents.
- Peshtigo Fire | Wisconsin Historical SocietyOn the night of Oct. 8-9, 1871, this fire destroyed in two hours a swath of forest 10 miles wide and 40 miles long and obliterated the towns of Peshtigo and Brussels, killing about 1,500 people. In all, the fire burned more than 280,000 acres in Oconto, Marinette, Shawano, Brown, Kewaunee, Door, Manitowoc and Outagamie counties.
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