The Great Peshtigo fire
Posted Oct 8, 2022, 2:06 PM UTC
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"Pesh-TEE-go." I almost had to stop watching.
Pro-tip: When doing a video or podcast about Wisconsin, Miss Pronouncer is your friend.
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If you go to his channel, he re-did this video with the correct pronunciation.
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Pronunciation aside, The History Guy is a great follow on YouTube.
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Bigger and more devastating than the Chicago fire and happened at the same time but Chicago got the headlines.
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This is a great piece on the fire - it’s interesting how history remembers things. His pronunciation of Peshtigo had me and my husband giggling quite a bit though.
Oh geez, that was bad. Great video otherwise and a great channel.