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Peshtigo fire layer river town
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea pottery
Old bottlesAlso reported: 1860s-1900s melted glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Lumber and woodenware town destroyed by the 1871 firestorm the night Chicago burned, then rebuilt; a distinct 1871 burn layer underlies the rebuilt lots along the river.
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