| Collection |
Pulaski - 1910 Fire Exhibit |
| Credit line |
Created by Jim McReynolds |
| Date of photo |
1910 |
| Description |
It had been an exceptionally dry spring and summer. The winter had normal snowfall amounts, however, the spring rains never came and June and July were remarkably dry as well. By mid summer humidity levels in the parched forests were in the single digits and low teens. The Big Burn started as numerous individual fires. The fires were about equally spilt between man made / caused from homesteading, mining, logging, and railroading activities, and natural causes such as lightning. At the time of the Big Blowup it was estimated that over 1,700 to 3,000 fires were burning in District One. Photo courtesy of the Pulaski Project. |
| Object ID |
2010.21.002 |
| Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
| Title |
Great Fire of 1910 & Smoke Cloud |
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