PESHTIGO, Wis. (WFRV) – Tuesday marks the 153rd anniversary of the Great Peshtigo Fire, the deadliest fire in U.S. history, which claimed between 1,200 and 2,500 lives.

The year is 1871. A seemingly insignificant fire sparks in the tinder-dry woodlands near Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Fueled by drought and thrust forward by fierce winds, it swiftly transforms into an ...