U.S. Political Geography

Peshtigo

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Peshtigo, Wisconsin/USA A city named after the River Peshtigo, a Native American word for ‘Wild Goose (River)’.

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Peshtigo Fire see under Peshtigo .

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	The Peshtigo fire: in 1871, a firestorm struck northeastern Wisconsin,... Magazine article from: The New American; 3/6/2006
	REGIONAL BOOKS; `Firestorm at Peshtigo' details 1871 blaze that consumed... Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 7/28/2002
	Firestorm at Peshtigo: a Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American... Magazine article from: Book; 11/1/2002