Oscar Grady Library: It Happened In Wisconsin: Firestorm At Peshtigo On April 25

Press release from the Oscar Grady Library:

February 26, 2022

Calling all history buffs to join us for “It Happened in Wisconsin”, our very own history club at the library dedicated to the history of our state.

Join us for a discussion around the book

A town, it’s people and the deadliest fire in American history.

On October 8, 1871―the same night as the Great Chicago Fire―the lumber town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, was struck with a five-mile-wide wall of flames, borne on tornado-force winds of one hundred miles per hour that tore across more than 2,400 square miles of land, obliterating the town in less than one hour and killing more than two thousand people.

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This press release was produced by the Oscar Grady Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.