1871 - Prolonged drought and dessicating winds led to the great Chicago fire, the Peshtigo horror, and the Michigan fire holocaust. Fire destroyed more than seventeen thousand buildings killing more than 200 persons in the city of Chicago, while a fire consumed the town of Peshtigo WI killing more than 1100 persons. In Wisconsin, a million acres of land were burned, and in Michigan, 2.5 million acres were burned killing 200 persons. "Tornadoes of fire" generated by intense heat caused houses to explode in fire, and burned to death scores of persons seeking refuge in open fields.
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Day: Partly Cloudy with Showers with a high near 68°F. Winds from the N at 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%
Night: Clear with a low near 40°F. Winds from the NNE at 5 mph
Day: Sunny with a high near 67°F. Winds from the NE at 3 mph
Night: Clear with a low near 41°F. Winds from the NE at 3 mph
Day: Sunny with a high near 71°F. Winds from the ESE at 1 mph
Night: Clear with a low near 42°F. Winds from the E at 1 mph
Day: Sunny with a high near 71°F. Winds from the SE at 0 mph
Night: Clear with Patchy Fog with a low near 44°F. Winds from the NE at 1 mph
Day: Sunny with a high near 72°F. Winds from the ENE at 0 mph
Night: Clear with Patchy Fog with a low near 45°F. Winds from the NNE at 1 mph
Day: Mostly Sunny with a high near 72°F. Winds from the E at 0 mph
Night: Mostly Clear with a low near 51°F. Winds from the NE at 1 mph
Day: Mostly Sunny with a high near 72°F. Winds from the ENE at 1 mph
Night: Mostly Clear with a low near 54°F. Winds from the NNE at 1 mph
Day: Mostly Sunny with a high near 73°F. Winds from the ESE at 1 mph
Night: Mostly Clear with a low near 55°F. Winds from the NNW at 2 mph
Day: Mostly Sunny with a high near 74°F. Winds from the S at 2 mph
Night: Mostly Clear with a low near 56°F. Winds from the WNW at 3 mph
Day: Mostly Sunny with a high near 69°F. Winds from the SW at 2 mph
Night: Mostly Clear with a low near 54°F. Winds from the W at 3 mph
Tue's High Temperature
100 at Rio Grande Village, TX and 5 Miles South Of Yuma, AZ and 6 Miles West Southwest Of Glamis, CA and ~
Tue's Low Temperature
14 at Lyman, WY
Boons Camp is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. The community is named after a camp used by Daniel Boone during the 1790s while he was hunting with the settlers from nearby Blockhouse Bottom. The community's original post office opened on May 16, 1876, with James Mollett as its postmaster.
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