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Peshtigo Fire Museum |
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photos by UnCommonDays.com |
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An intense and catastrophic firestorm (fire and tornado) took the lives of 800 people in Peshtigo on October 6, 1871. The entire town was destroyed with the exception one house (which was being built at the time with green pine wood) and a a few small items that are displayed in a case in the Peshtigo Fire Museum. Stories about this fire, burned survivors who ran to the river and many associated events are astounding and amazing and represent the fierce horror and terror of that night. A small book and broken dish, charred by the fire and unearthed by a construction worker in 1995, are the most recently discovered artifacts displayed in the museum. The museum also houses donated "relics" from the era (and more recent). It is a comfortable place with easy and relatively free access to the items. |
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Peshtigo Fire Museum (housed in the 1st church building built after the fire) Seasonal days and hours of operation. No charge for admission; donations are accepted. Call the Peshtigo Chamber of Commerce for information: (715) 582-0327 |
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