For quite a while, the Peshtigo fire didn’t even cross my mind as an option for a podcast topic. I figured, everyone in northeast Wisconsin knows about it. And it’s always told the same way – it occurred the same day as the Chicago fire, so it was overshadowed, despite being the deadliest fire in […]
I was asked to provide on-camera history for the Gainor property in Mackville, an unincorporated area north of Appleton, Wisconsin. These are my very rough, incomplete notes. The details of the final fire are not included here (and were not mentioned by me on camera) out of respect for the family’s privacy. This was part
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Simon Bailey Paige was born in Wentworth, New Hampshire on August 26, 1824. He married Leafy Cushing Bean. In the 1850s, they came to Oshkosh. Simon and his brother were in the whole sale grocery business, and Simon also had investments in lumber, railroads and race horses. Simon and Leafy were well-known, respected and quite
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