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The Great Peshtigo Fire

Author Scott Knickelbine shares the history and relevance of the Great Peshtigo fire.

Aired 10/11/2013 | Rating TV-G

University Place

The Great Peshtigo Fire

Special | 34m 8sVideo has Closed Captions

Author Scott Knickelbine shares the history and relevance of the Great Peshtigo fire.

Scott Knickelbine, author of “The Great Peshtigo Fire: Stories and Science from America’s Deadliest Fire”, shares the history and relevance of the Great Peshtigo fire. The forestry and agriculture in Peshtigo, together with unusual environmental factors in 1817, come together to create this Wisconsin disaster.

Aired 10/11/2013 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

The Great Peshtigo Fire

Special | 34m 8sVideo has Closed Captions

Scott Knickelbine, author of “The Great Peshtigo Fire: Stories and Science from America’s Deadliest Fire”, shares the history and relevance of the Great Peshtigo fire. The forestry and agriculture in Peshtigo, together with unusual environmental factors in 1817, come together to create this Wisconsin disaster.

Aired 10/11/2013 | Rating TV-G

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