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This is a list of print newspapers in Wisconsin. There were 362 newspapers in Wisconsin at the beginning of 2020. There were 362 newspapers in Wisconsin at the beginning of 2020. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
This is a complete list of ZIP codes for Wisconsin. 530 Sheboygan. 53001 – Adell; ... 54157 – Peshtigo; 54159 – Porterfield; 54160 – Potter (P.O. Box)
Peshtigo Fire Museum Peshtigo map before fire, September 1871 Peshtigo Fire Cemetery. Peshtigo (/ ˈ p ɛ ʃ t ɪ ɡ oʊ / PESH-ti-go) is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was at 3,420 as of the 2020 census The city is surrounded by the Town of Peshtigo. It is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan ...
The cemetery is the burial location of the charred remains of victims of the Peshtigo Fire, of October 8, 1871, the deadliest natural fire in the history of the United States. [2] Identified victims were buried in traditional marked graves, and over 300 unidentified victims were buried in a mass grave.
Jean-Pierre Pernin (February 22, 1822 – October 9, 1909), also known as Peter Pernin in America, was a French Roman Catholic priest, who came to the United States in 1864 as a missionary, working in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. As Catholic pastor of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, he survived the Peshtigo fire on October 8–9, 1871.
[1] [2] The museum is adjacent to the Peshtigo Fire Cemetery, where the charred remains of over 350 people were buried in a mass grave. [3] The cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The memorial at the cemetery was the first official state historical marker authorized by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. [4]
Post Publishing owned the newspaper from 1920 until it was purchased by Gillett Communications on August 1, 1984, and was also a former owner of WLUK (Channel 11) in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Marquette, Michigan's WLUC (Channel 6), WEAU (Channel 13) in Eau Claire, and Rochester, New York's WOKR (Channel 13).
Peshtigo is a town located in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,006 at the 2020 census. The population was 4,006 at the 2020 census. The City of Peshtigo is located within the town.