Stories from the Archives: The Great Peshtigo Fire presented by Karen Humiston
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- čas přidán 6. 10. 2021
- October 8, 2021 will mark the 150th anniversary of the deadliest wildfire in United States history. Collectively known as the Peshtigo Fire, flames burned over much of Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The fire destroyed approximately 1.2 million acres with the number of deaths estimated between 1,500 and 2,500. This calamity is very much a story of individuals and families, whose lives ended or were changed forever on that October night in 1871.
On September 29, 2021, Karen Humiston shared some of the many treasures she found at the UW-Green Bay Archives Department, along with the personal stories of those she researched for her forthcoming book on the Peshtigo Fire.
Long-lost immigrant letters bring a fire victim to life. Tax and probate records help recreate the farming community of Sugar Bush. Governor’s correspondence and Relief Committee ledgers illuminate the aftermath of the catastrophe and the effort to aid the survivors. These are only a few of the finds she uncovered at the UWGB Archives Department which add depth and color to the story of the “Forgotten Fire.”
Thank you so much for sharing these personal stories and history of the people of Peshtigo.
Interesting lecture!
She left out the most important story, the saving of everyone in a church that was surrounded by fire. Our Lady of Good Hope!
Too bad for the ones not there.
@@annohalloran6020 The tragedy is what makes the miracle. If no one died, there would be nothing to speak of. Yet, here we are talking about something that happened 150 years ago. Only in the context of the tragedy does the miracle show forth.
@@xtusvincit5230typical apologist twaddle.
@@PrometheanBlade Typical atheist empty headed comment.
This is crazy cool
There’s only one Nellie Marshall on the Peshtigo lists. Nellie Marshall, age 8, daughter of Paul and Martha Marshall.
How many Mills where there, in the town of Peshtigo at the TIME OF THE FIRE 🔥?
The entire population was larger than what was reported.
Methane ET inpact . Iversion kept it concentrated. One match was enough.
What about the community at the mouth of the Peshtigo River where there was a giant sawmill-wealth a self sustained community dedicated to the production of that mill and keeping the river dredged so that the barges could move the lumber out into the bay of Green Bay. ?
I read books where there was a community of at least 500 people self-contained and dedicated to the function of the sawmill and keeping the river mouth open for the ships to all the lumber to Chicago for the VERY WEALTHY MARKET FOR TOP DOG LUMBER BARRONS…🔥🔥🔥🤑🤑🤑👹☠️☠️
There's _much_ more to the story.... especially if you factor in that the first permanant structure in the area was built by a black trader.... and that "Queen" Marinette had been successful at preventing John Jacob Astor from establishing an American Fur Trading post in the region due to her maternal membership in the Menominee Tribe, and her paternal lineage of a fur trader.
Oconto County (at the time.. not it's Marinette County) was no mans land and people of all ethnicities gathered and traded up until the US established the railroad and Astor needed to vacate Manhattan.
The Great Peshtigo Fire happened on the same day as the Chicago Fire... the same year Albert Pike wrote about 3 world wars.... and also btw a Haitian founded Chicago,
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable.
My theory is that fires were intentionally started when conditions were ideal for mass destruction.... to clear way for the railroad... so that European immigrants could expand westward... because the population that already existed in the Great Lakes region was diverse, self governing and liberty loving. Immigrants from Europe would more easily governed... since they never experienced the kind of freedom that Americans had... just a theory.
These fires were not normal forest fires. Look up Randall Carlson. He makes a solid case for these fires being produced by methane based fireballs originating from the draconian meteor shower.
No evidence , it's a fire in a forest of woods
I thought Randell Carlson's Fire from the sky series, was amazing as well. That kind of inferno could melt brick buildings, top of rock wall in Irish Hill fort's, fairy chimneys, .... The melted realm
He makes an extremely compelling case. A minor correction but I believe his theory is that there was a comet passing close by to earth at the time and that it off-gassed into the atmosphere. All it took was a few fragments falling into the atmosphere to ignite the gasses, which explains why so many of the eyewitnesses claim that the fire came from the sky rather than through the forests. The smell of gas was reported days before the event as well.
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