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| Not only were millions of trees burned, several towns burned as well. The eastern third of Wallace was consumed in the conflagration and two people died. The towns of Grand Forks and Falcon on Loop Creek in the St. Joe drainage were wiped off the face of the earth. In Montana the railroad towns of Taft and De Borgia burned to the ground. Some rebuilt, others are no more. Image 1: The eastern 1/3 of Wallace burned; two people died. WDMM Collection. Image 2: Taft, Montana before the fire; never rebuilt. WDMM Collection. Image 3: Grand Forks, Idaho on Loop Creek. WDMM Collection. Image 4: Grand Forks resurrects as a tent town, but was never rebuilt. In the background on the rail grade is where Falcon used to be. It was rebuilt. Courtesy USFS District 1 Archives. |
1910 Fire Overview
-Towns Burned
-Copyright Wallace District Mining Museum
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| The east end of Wallace burn off. |
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ~ When using this image, the credit information should be in the following format: Image courtesy of the Wallace District Mining Museum & the US Forest Service.