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Great Michigan Fire
The
Great Michigan Fire
was a series of simultaneous forest fires in the state of
Michigan
in the
United States
in 1871. They were possibly caused (or at least reinforced) by the same winds that fanned the
Great Chicago Fire
; some believe
lightning
or even
meteor showers
may have started the fires. Several cities, towns and villages, including
Holland
,
Manistee
, and
Port Huron
, suffered serious damage or were lost. The concurrent Great
Peshtigo Fire
in
Wisconsin
also destroyed several towns in the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
.
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