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Michigan Thumb fire  

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  • On Monday, September 5, 1881, two-thirds of the eastern portion of Michigan's lower peninsula (referred to as the Thumb, due to Michigan's geographic features) was engulfed in flames. The fire started in Tuscola County after eyewitnesses reported an intensely dark sky that resembled an eclipse. [Source: Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief; Thumb Fire, Michigan (1881)]

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