Green Bay Press-Gazette from Green Bay, Wisconsin • 77

7 WrVC it MiJ 0 0 0 0 I Community usa SNAPSHOTS Iff II i ON 70i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i Fire Facts Truly reborn from the ashes: Peshtigo, Wisconsin By Melissa Gorzelanczyk ri El hen a town is leveled bv America's most Wf tVf disastrous forest fire that claimed the TO life of nearly every resident, it may be The Peshtigo Fire occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire October 8, 1871. The City of Peshtigo rebuilt and incorporated in 1903. The Peshtigo Fire killed about five times more people than the Chicago Fire. It covered 2,400 square miles much larger than the village itself. In the year 2000, 11,555 people from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and 22 foreign countries visited the Peshtigo Fire Museum.

The memorial at the Peshtigo Fire Cemetery was the first official State Historical Marker authorized by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Sources: wwvi.peshtigochombei.com and www.Peshtigafire.info of people each year on this important piece of our nation's history. Adjacent to the museum is a solemn sight-a graveyard for those that lost their lives on that fateful night. But at the north end of Emery Avenue on the Peshtigo River is a place for new, better memories to be made-at Badger Park. With over 57 acres of land for recreational use, it's a place many families and friends will share happy moments.

Peshtigo may be best known for a monumental tragedy, but in this growing community of over 3,500 strong, there is plenty more to discover. surprising to know that very same town is now the second largest in Marinette County today. Peshtigo has accomplished just that with several attractions to bring vacationers and future-residents alike back for more. The Peshtigo River that at one time saved a precious few from perishing in the fire is now a recreational haven for boating and fishing. The Peshtigo Fire Museum that once was the first church built after the fire now educates thousands May 3, Froggy Hike, Hemlock Curves Nature Trail (off Badger Road in the Peshtigo Harbor Wildlife Area).

6:30 to 8 p.m. Free guided hike to learn about local frogs and the songs they sing. For more information contact Marinette County Land and Water Conservation at 715-732-7780. May 4, River Cities Concert, Synergy playing at 7pm at Blesch Auditorium in Menominee. For more information call 906-863-5266.

May 12, Grand Opening of Peshtigo Information Center, Ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening of the new Peshtigo Information Center. Details will follow. deadline April 2 1 st. Call Sonny Kostreva for more information at 582-4444. Concessions will be served.

April 29, Annual Richard Roland Awards, Join us in recognizing the following people: Loretta Brabant, Dawn VanLaanen, Donna Hipke, Tom Lund, and Ann Wolfe. Tickets to the dinner held at Schusslers Supper Club are $20 each. Send in your money and the names of each person attending to Peshtigo Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 36, Peshtigo 54157. May 1, Spirit of LaSalle Passenger Ferry, Ferry service opens for the season. Located on First Street and 22nd Avenue dock in Menominee, Michigan.

April 26, Taste of the Town, fundraising event for DAR Boys and Girls Club, Menominee. Call 906-863-9512 for more information. April 28, Bards on the Bay, Northwoods Playwrights Festival A public reading or performance of all plays written in the Bards on the Bay Workshop, a project of Theatre on the Bay and the Departments of Continuing Education and Communication and Theatre Arts at UW-Marinette. Call 715-735-4300 for more information. April 28, Peshtigo Chamber of Commerce 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, Boys and girls welcome from grades 3 to 10.

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