While history recorded the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 as one of the worst in American history, the headlines overshadowed a greater tragedy due to the slow spread of the news.
October 8, 1871, the same day as the Chicago fire, between 1,200 to 2,500 Americans lost their lives, and 1.2 million acres of land were burned in the Upper Midwest in what is known as the Peshtigo Firestorm of 1871, the deadliest in the United States recorded history.
The match to this great disaster started earlier as numerous small fires had already been burning from an arid summer season and human carelessness.
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