The Wisconsin Forest Fire That Killed Two Hundred People the Same Night as Peshtigo and Was Forgotten
The Door Peninsula firestorm of 8 October 1871 swept the eastern shore of Green Bay Wisconsin the same night as the Peshtigo Fire. It killed approximately 150 people, destroyed the towns of Brussels and Williamsonville, and was completely overshadowed by both the larger Peshtigo Fire and the simultaneous Great Chicago Fire.
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