William B. Ogden
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William Butler Ogden was an American politician and railroad executive who served as the first Mayor of Chicago. He was referred to as "the Astor of Chicago." He was, at one time, the city's richest c
William B Ogden by GPA Healy, 1855
Ogden later in life
The sarcophagus of William Butler Ogden in Woodlawn Cemetery
Peshtigo fire
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The Peshtigo Fire was a wildfire on October 8, 1871, in northeastern Wisconsin, United States, including much of the southern half of the Door Peninsula and adjacent parts of the Upper Peninsula of Mi
William B. Ogden
…On October 8, 1871, Ogden lost most of his prized possessions in the Great Chicago Fire. He also owned a lumber company in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, which burned the same day. He married Marianna Tuttle Arnot (1825–1904). Marianna was the daughter of Scottish born John Arnot and Harriet (née Tuttle) Arnot. In…
Two pieces of lumber that survived the fire
Making for the river
Peshtigo Fire Museum