Port Huron Fire of 1871 erupted in Illinois, and the Peshtigo Fire burned a large tract in Wisconsin, including the city of Peshtigo. Windsor, Ontario met a similar fate four days later. Much of the area burned by the Port Huron Fire was swept by another deadly conflagration 10 years later, under similar conditions. Port Huron Fire of 1871 The Port Huron Fire of Sunday October 8, 1871 (one of a series of fires known collectively as the Great Fire of 1871 or the Great Michigan Fire) burned a number of cities including White Rock and Port Huron, and much of the countryside in the
Winton Square town of Stoke-upon-Trent prior to its amalgamation into the much larger city of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910. It is Stoke's only complete square with four blocks of structures, one on each side of the square. At some point in the 20th century, a row of London Plane Trees, was planted and formal car-parking space was created. The square was designated a conservation area in 1972. The hotel and all the buildings besides the station are now in private ownership, but the character of the square has changed little since the 19th century. The main feature of the square is the station,