On the day of the Great Chicago Fire, a wildfire in Wisconsin killed more than 1,000 people. You've never heard of it

On Oct. 8, 1871, even as the Great Chicago Fire roared 250 miles south, the arguably greater Peshtigo Fire — still considered the deadliest fire in United States history — leveled more than 1 million acres, flattened 16 neighboring towns and killed between 1,200 and 1,500 people.

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