Occurring on the same day as the more famous Great Chicago Fire , the Peshtigo fire has been largely forgotten . On the same day as the Peshtigo and Chicago fires , Holland and Manistee , Michigan ( across Lake Michigan from Peshtigo ) , and Port Huron at the southern end of Lake Huron also had major fires , leading to various theories by contemporaries and later historians that they had a mutual cause
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Peshtigo fire