Resources

Materials used to compile our history of the Peshtigo Fire

The following books were used to compile this site’s narrative of the Peshtigo Fire:

Pernin, Peter. The Great Peshtigo Fire: An Eyewitness Account. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1999.
Knickelbine, Scott. The Great Peshtigo Fire: Stories and Science from America’s Deadliest Firestorm. Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2012.
Wells, Robert W. Fire at Peshtigo. Prentice-Hall, 1968.
Sandler, Martin W. Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2010.

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Peshtigo is a city of 3,500 people in northeast Wisconsin, located about 50 miles north of Green Bay. For more information, visit the Peshtigo City website.

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