What is Peshtigo fire?
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peshtigofire.info/|title=The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1881|first=|last=|website=|publisher=|accessdate=|archive-date=2012-05-29|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529152747/http://www.peshtigofire.info/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The '''Peshtigo Fire''' was a great [[fire]] in on October, 8, 1871 in Peshtigo, a town in [[Wisconsin]] in the [[United States]]. It was a [[natural disaster]]. The fire killed between 1,500 people and 2,700 people. Occurring on the same day as the more famous [[Great Chicago Fire]], the Peshtigo Fire has been largely forgotten. The setting of small fires was a common way to clear forest land for farming and railroad construction. On the day of the Peshtigo Fire, a cold front moved in from the west, bringing strong winds that fanned the fires out of control. A huge fire was started. ==References== {{reflist}} {{hist-stub}} [[Category:Fires in the United States]] [[Category:Natural disasters in the United States]] [[Category:19th century in Wisconsin]] [[Category:1871 in the United States]]