A history of Peshtigo,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Peshtigo from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Peshtigo took its name from the nearby Peshtigo River. The etymology of Peshtigo is uncertain. Explanations include an Ojibwe word meaning 'river of the wild goose', a Menominee word for 'snapping turtle', a word meaning 'passing through a marsh', or a reference to a local Menominee band known as Pesh-tiko.
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Finish Peshtigo’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMill dam and sash factory, Peshti…, 1867: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Peshtigo
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Peshtigo, decade by decade
1 historic place in Peshtigo
1 place in Peshtigo is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Mill dam and sash factory, Peshtigo, Wis (1867) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.