The Oconto County Historical Society will present its monthly speaker series program at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 5 in the meeting room of the Beyer Home and Carriage Museum, 915 Park Ave., Oconto.
The October program will be on the Peshtigo Fire.
The Peshtigo Fire was a large forest fire on Oct. 8, 1871, in northeastern Wisconsin, including much of the southern half of the Door Peninsula and adjacent parts of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The largest community in the affected area was Peshtigo, which had a population of approximately 1,700 residents.