"The Big Blowup"

"The Big Blowup" (HM235J)

Location: Wallace, ID 83873 Shoshone County
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Country: United States of America
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N 47° 28.641', W 115° 56.011'

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The Human Fight, The Human Price

Crews disembarking trains were a diverse group of laborers with little knowledge of the rugged northern Rockies and almost no firefighting experience.

Many of their names are known, however many are unknown and their histories will never be recorded.
What is certain, is all would face an unimaginable display of spectacular occurrence of natural forces and endure conditions almost beyond belief.
For many it was their final moment.

The Nine Mile Cemetery, a peaceful, wooded setting one mile north of Wallace is the final resting place of several victims of the Great Fire of 1910.
Including 12 firefighters.

The Pulaski Tunnel Trailhead is a mile south of Wallace. The trail's two-mile course takes hikers to a viewpoint across the creek from the historic Pulaski Tunnel, the abandoned mine where "Big Ed" Pulaski saved all but six of his 45-man firefighting crew in the Great Fire of 1910.
The site's peaceful and idyllic setting belies the terrible events of a hundred years ago.
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HM NumberHM235J
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Year Placed2010
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Date Added Friday, November 24th, 2017 at 7:04am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 580354 N 5258763
Decimal Degrees47.47735000, -115.93351667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 47° 28.641', W 115° 56.011'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds47° 28' 38.46" N, 115° 56' 0.66000000000017" W
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Area Code(s)208
Closest Postal AddressAt or near The Harry F. Magnuson Way, Wallace ID 83873, US
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