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"Fires of yesterday and last night have swept practically all the country from Avery to St. Regis. Nothing could have lived in the mountains last evening except for the tunnels." - E. J. Pearson, Chief Engineer, Puget Sound Railroad
Fleeing fro…
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"The whole twenty-five miles of railroad?between Avery and the Taft Tunnel was swept by a consuming blast of fire, so hot that pick handles lying in the open beside the track were utterly consumed." - Elers Koch, Forest Supervisor
With fires ra…
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"All that remained was to salvage what material that could be salvaged from the disaster, and reorganize for a new start." - Clarence B. Swim, Assistant Forester
As the railroad operated rescue trains, Missoula residents met the refugees at the…
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"The fire by this time was an awe-inspiring spectacle, the whole horizon to the west was aflame and the noise caused by the falling timber was terrific." - Roy A. Phillips, Lolo Forest Guard
One of the most devastating fire seasons in the histo…
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"With the cinders and ashes falling all around him, and so dark that he could not see his horse's head at three o'clock in the afternoon, [Barringer] rode up to the face of the fire?[and] collected his scattered crews?." - Elers Koch, Forest Super…
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"I won't die here in this creek? [I'm] getting out of here." - Pinkie Adair, homesteader and camp cook
During the 1910 Fires, perseverance often meant the difference between life and death. At 26 years old, Ione "Pinkie" Adair could ride, shoot…