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Peshtigo Fire, deadliest US history, happened 155 years ago

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5h ago That was so interesting. Like probably most people I’d never heard of the Peshtigo Fire. You’d think we all would have learned about the “deadliest wildfire in U.S. history” that claimed so many … +3.0
7h ago Those wildfires in Chicago and Peshtigo led to almost the entire UP being clear cut to provide wood to rebuild Chicago. -1.5
14h ago *though the Chicago fire is the most famous, the Peshtigo wildfire killed about five times as many people and destroyed sixteen towns, with the largest being Peshtigo. The Great Michigan Fire also … -1.5
16h ago One of the deadliest wildfires in history started that same evening in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, killing between 1200 and 2500 people, but it has been mostly ignored in history because its story was ove… -7.0
16h ago 155 years ago tonight Chicago burned and as many as 300 people died. The same night a forest fire in Wisconsin killed more than 1,200, about 800 of them in one town, Peshtigo (National Weather Serv… -2.5
18h ago As drought worsens across northern Wisconsin, today is also the 155th anniversary of the deadliest wildfire in U.S. history - the Peshtigo Fire in northeastern Wisconsin. bsky.app/profile/hist... -6.0

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