On the same day as the Great Chicago Fire, just 253 miles to the north, a devastating wildfire broke out in Peshtigo, WI. The Peshtigo Fire is considered the deadliest wildfire in recorded history ...

I am referring to the Peshtigo Fire, a forest fire that destroyed 1.2 million acres and more than a dozen towns in Wisconsin. A mass grave in the former town of Peshtigo holds the remains of 500 ...

The town was virtually wiped out in the immediate aftermath of the 1871 fire, which destroyed 400 square miles of land. News. ... only it's fire," Peshtigo Museum volunteer Sally Kahl told the ...

In October 1871, the blaze that would become America's deadliest forest fire arrived in the lumber town of Peshtigo, Wis., with a roar that sounded like a freight train. Then, everything seemed to ...

Built in 1855, the barkentine was carrying a load of lumber on Oct. 8, 1871, through the dense smoke from the Peshtigo fire — a blaze that burned more than a million acres and killed as many as ...

The Peshtigo fire ran through 17 towns and killed more than 1,000. It was worsened by a dry season and extreme winds — not dissimilar to what happened in Hawaii.

The Peshtigo fire, more than 2,000 deaths. Northeast Wisconsin. ... The aftermath revealed thousands of acres of burned landscape, and the sky remained dark for days. 1918.

Tim Wollak and his daughter Henley spotted a mysterious object on their boat’s sonar. Experts say they most likely discovered the George L. Newman, which sank during the Peshtigo fire in 1871.

Tim Wollak and his 5-year-old daughter Henley first thought they came across an octopus. But their discovery is presumed to be a shipwreck connected to the deadliest wildfire in American history.

In October 1871, more than 1,500 people died in the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin, ... In the immediate aftermath of the fire, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said the toll could exceed 200.

Wisconsin archaeologists are crediting a man and his daughter with discovering the remains of what could be a ship that ran aground during the deadly Peshtigo Fire more than 150 years ago. Tim ...

Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River. Drawing originally appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1871. (Credit: G. J. Tisdale/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) Much ...