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RE: The Peshtigo Paradigm – The Worst Firestorm in US History
Thanks for a great historical post. I only knew about the Chicago fire.
Thanks for a great historical post. I only knew about the Chicago fire.
You bet. Me too, until I found out about this about ten years ago. Sometimes the death of finances screams louder than that of lives. Pretty sad, really, that historians have focused on Chicago. The city can be rebuilt. The forest will take centuries and lives are gone forever.