A common misconception is that the Peshtigo fire "jumped" over Green Bay and started in Door County.

[4] The fire was caused by the extremely dry conditions and the poor lumbering, leaving behind slash and other debris.

[7] 35 residents of the city huddled together in a potato field, expecting the cultivated land to stop the fire's spread.

[4] 2 men experienced such extreme pain from the fire that they ended their own life by bashing their heads on a stump.

In 1878, a map of Door County showed the place named "Tornado" [4] which at that time only consisted of a post office and saloon.

[5] The fire cleared so many trees that the main economy in Door County switched from lumber to agriculture.