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Peshtigo Fire Cemetery Marker

Date: 12 10 1951
Description: Peshtigo Fire Cemetery marker, shown on the site.
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Peshtigo Log Jam

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers breaking up a log jam in the Peshtigo River area.
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Sorting Logs

Date: 1900
Description: Log pond with two lumberjacks walking on the floating logs and sorting them in the Peshtigo River area.
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Wisconsin & Michigan Employees

Date: 1907
Description: Employees of the Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad posing in the roundhouse.
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Peshtigo Train Depot

Date: 1920
Description: View down platform towards the Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad. A box car of the Minneapolis, Saint Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad is sitting on a rail s...
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Marker on Highway 41

Date: 1940
Description: A view of a marker on highway 41 designating the half way point between the Equator and the North Pole.
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Dock Office

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the lighthouse and dock office at Peshtigo Harbor.
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Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad Office

Date: 1903
Description: Superintendent J.N. Harrison and dispatcher W.H. Wright are seated at desks in the Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad office.
Historical Essay

Stephenson, Isaac 1829-1918

Lumberman, Financier and Congressman
Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman.
Historical Essay

Spreading Like Wildfire: Wisconsin's Forest Fires

Discover the overlooked history of Wisconsin's deadly wildfires, including the 1871 disaster that killed 1,500 people.
Photograph

Peshtigo Fire Cemetery Official Marker

Date: 03 29 1951
Description: Indoor group portrait of men posed with the Wisconsin Official Marker. From left to right on either side of the marker are: Clifford Lord, Secretary of Sit...
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Survivors with Peshtigo Fire Historic Marker

Date: 10 07 1951
Description: A group of survivors of the Peshtigo Fire of 1871 are gathered in front of the Peshtigo Fire historical marker. The marker dedication coincided with the 80...
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Josephine Schaffer on Peshtigo River Bridge

Date: 12 27 1925
Description: View looking down towards a young woman walking across a bridge. Caption reads: "Cable Bridge across Peshtigo River (Marinette County). Josephine Schaffer-...
Property Record

PESHTIGO REEF, APPROX. 3.3 MI SE OF PESHTIGO POINT

Community: Peshtigo
County: Marinette
Historic Name: Peshtigo Reef Light
Reference Number: 118344
Property Record

N2593 DOLAN

Community: Peshtigo
County: Marinette
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 118742
Property Record

N2798 TOWNLINE RD

Community: Peshtigo
County: Marinette
Historic Name: Farmstead House
Reference Number: 118743
Property Record

N2798 TOWNLINE RD

Community: Peshtigo
County: Marinette
Historic Name: Dairy Barn
Reference Number: 118744
Property Record

N2798 TOWNLINE RD

Community: Peshtigo
County: Marinette
Historic Name: Outbuilding
Reference Number: 118745
Property Record

141-151 FRENCH ST

Community: Peshtigo
County: Marinette
Historic Name: I.O.O.F Building
Reference Number: 118747
Property Record

201 FRENCH ST

Community: Peshtigo
County: Marinette
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 118748

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