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Bird's-Eye View of Peshtigo

Date: 09 1871
Description: Bird's-eye view of Peshtigo, before it was destroyed by fire on the night of October 8, 1871.
Photograph

Peshtigo Smoke Stack Ruins

Date: 1871
Description: Ruins of building showing smokestack still standing after the Peshtigo fire. A group of men are standing on the left.
Photograph

Aftermath of Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Street scene showing destruction after Peshtigo fire.
Photograph

Peshtigo Fire Ruins

Date: 1871
Description: Building destroyed in Peshtigo fire.
Photograph

Railroad Damage at the Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks.
Photograph

Peshtigo Congregational Church

Date: 1871
Description: Wood engraving of the Congregationalist Church in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch Of The Great Fires In Wisconsin".
Print

Peshtigo Schoolhouse

Date: 1871
Description: Photographic print of a wood engraving of a schoolhouse and children in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch of the Great Fire In Peshtigo."
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Marinette

Date: 1881
Description: Bird's-eye map of Marinette, with insets.
Photograph

Town from Across a River

Date: 1870
Description: View from shoreline over river towards the town.
Print

Peshtigo Fire Drawing

Date: 1871
Description: Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Peshtigo

Date: 1881
Description: Bird's-eye map of Peshtigo.
Photograph

Old Trading Post

Date: 1887
Description: View of the boom company office and the site of the old trading post.
Photograph

Marinette View

Date: 1887
Description: Elevated view of Marinette looking toward the mouth of the river from the tower of City Hall. Fences, fields, and industrial buildings are in the foregroun...
Map or Atlas

Marinette County Map

Date: 1896
Description: A map of Marinette County.
Map or Atlas

Map of Marinette County, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: A map of Marinette County, Wisconsin that shows the sectioning of townships and other plots, towns, cities and villages, lakes and streams, railroads, and...
Map or Atlas

Township no. 31 north of range no. 22 east, 4th Mer.

Date: 1851
Description: This manuscript map of the southern portion of the Town of Porterfield, Marinette County, Wisconsin, shows sections and land ownership. The Menominee River...
Map or Atlas

Township No. 31 North of Range No. 22 East, 4th Mer.

Date: 1887
Description: This manuscript map of the southern portion of the Town of Porterfield, Marinette County, Wisconsin, shows sections and land ownership. The Menominee River...
Map or Atlas

Township No. 30 N., Range No. 24 East, 4th Mer., Wisconsin Territory

Date: 1856
Description: Shows sections and acreages. Covers portions of the area now occupied by Marinette and the Town of Peshtigo, Marinette County. "Rec’d Sept. 24 with Sur. Ge...
Photograph

Railroad Men

Date: 1897
Description: Group of railroad employees standing in the doorway of a store.

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