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The Peshtigo Fire Museum preserves the heritage of the Peshtigo Fire, which destroyed the city of Peshtigo, Wisconsin and surrounding area on October 8, 1871, killing over 2,000 people. It hosts storytelling, exhibits of artifacts from the fire, displays of the lifestyle at the time of the disaster, and a cemetery to memorialize those who died.[1][2] The museum is adjacent to the Peshtigo Fire Cemetery, where the charred remains of over 350 people were buried in a mass grave.[3] The cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The memorial at the cemetery was the first official state historical marker authorized by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.[4]
- ^ "home - Peshtigo Fire Museum". Peshtigo Fire Museum. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
peshtigofire.infowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ registered historic marker (Image:PeshtigoFireCemetery.jpg), dated 1951. Accessed August 26, 2007.
- ^ Peshtigo Chamber of Commerce. Peshtigo, Wisconsin 2004-05 Directory. Retrieved August 29, 2007.
