Collection	Pulaski - 1910 Fire Exhibit
Photographer	R. H. McKay, E. C. Pulaski, J. B. Halm
Credit line	Created by Jim McReynolds
Date of photo	1910
Description	Over 3 million acres burned during the Great Fire of 1910. Eight billion board feet of timber were destroyed; enough to build 800,000 houses. It is estimated that only 300 million board feet of lumber were salvaged; less than 10 percent of what was killed. It took years to clear away dead timber that clogged trails. In one place it was estimated the wreckage was 50 feet deep. To make matters worse, nearly all of the scorched trees were immediately attacked by bark beetles. Image 1: Devastation in the St. Regis Valley along the Northern Pacific Railway looking from Borax toward Lookout Pass. Courtesy USFS District 1 Archives. Image 2: Scorched earth along the North Fork of the St. Joe River. Courtesy USFS District 1 Archives. Image 3: Ruins along the West Fork of Placer Creek near Wallace; the route Ed Pulaski and his crew escaped on. Courtesy USFS District 1 Archives. Image 4: Hurricane force winds flattened trees near Falcon on Loop Creek. Courtesy USFS District 1 Archives.
Object ID	2010.21.015
Object Name	Print, Photographic
Title	The Forest is Devastated

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