I love night time stories by you Rita! Thank you! I will forward both to the researcher! Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: <ocontogal2000@yahoo.com> To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:22 PM Subject: [WIGEN-L] Town names, Civil War recruits, great fires > There is a Menekanee in Marquette County, town of Peshitgo > > There was also a Menekaune in Oconto County before the Great Peshtigo > Fire of Oct 8, 1871 (different place). It was a logging hub and had > stores and mills in this time before there was much farming up there. > Mostly it catered to the needs of the loggers when they came out of the > woods, so it had plenty of "watering holes" then. Also, you will find > that given as the home town of many Civil War recruits in 1861 and 1862. > The Army recruiters would camp out in early Spring and sign the fellows > up as they left the logging camps for summer work elsewhere. They told > the fellow, who were hearty and tough, that with their help the war > would be over by the next winter. The war went on from 1861 to 1865; not > quite as promised. The northernmost edge of that part of the WI fire > totally destroyed it and it was not rebuilt. That is now part of > Marquette County since 1879 and it was a stones throw from the city of > Marquette, which was not as severely damaged in that 1871 fire. > > Incidentally, the 1871 Great Fire also raged in Door County, WI and in > Lower Michigan, as well as in Chicago, all starting exactly at the same > time. Many theories have been laid as to why, but none completely > answered why. The reason for the simultaneous sudden start of massive > combustion is now explained by modern meteorologists and historians as > being caused by meteor showers over the upper Great Lakes on that night > of Oct. 8. That land was tinder dry from a serious and extensive > drought. Meteors have fallen and cause small fires and damage in the > same areas in years since. > > Your night time story from Rita - Oconto County > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Lori Niemuth wrote: > >> Isn't there a "Minnekaunee" in Oconto County? >> >> Also a Menekaunee in Marinette County? >> >> Lori in Rock >> >> ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >> Celebrate Wisconsin! >> Visit the Trempealeau County WIGenWeb Project Pages >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~witrempe/ > > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Vilas County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wivilas/ > >