Peshtigo Fire
from MakingHistory Hosted by Dan Allosso
Today in history (October 8, 1871), the most devastating fire in American History broke out in Peshtigo Wisconsin. It wasn't a freak accident caused by a dry summer. It was an externality of the lumber industry.
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