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Events and Links
Find out what is going on around the Region in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the 1910 Fires. See what our partners have scheduled and find links to other events.
NEW! Self-Guided Auto Tours - Visit a site where the 1910 fire burned through at the Clearwater Crossing Guard Station and the Ninemile Remount Depot which was created as a response to severe fires in the west.
Calendar of Events
January, 2010 - Sanders County Historical Society exhibit located in the First Security Bank in Thompson Falls, Montana begins. Will move to the Jailhouse Museum in Thompson Falls, Montana beginning in May.
March 28, 2010 Ft. Missoula Exhibit opens || http://www.fortmissoulamuseum.org
May 2010- Sanders County Museum Exhibit opens
Spring 2010- Kootenai NF Exhibit in Troy or Libby
May 20-22, Inland Empire Society of American Foresters Spring Meeting, Wallace, Idaho - Theme: 1910 Fires and impact on Forest Management
Opens May 29: Staff House Museum, Exhibit "Summer of Fires: Letters Home", Opens Memorial Day weekend, visiting hours daily, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; 820 McKinley Ave., Kellogg, Idaho. To schedule school tours (in late April or May) and for other information call (208) 786-4141. The museum exhibit will be open through the end of September.
May 2010: Pulaski - 1910 Fire Exhibit opens at the Wallace District Mining Museum.
This exhibit is a joint endeavor of the Wallace District Mining Museum, the Idaho Panhandle National Forest, the Pulaski Project, and the Idaho Association of Museums. There will be a spekers program beginning in May through August 2010, dates to be determined. Scheduled are Steve Matz, IPNF Heritage Manager, to give two presentations on the Pulaski archeological dig. Stan Cohen, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, is to give a presentation and book signing on "The Big Burn." Jim McReynolds, Executive Director of the Wallace District Mining Museum, will speak on "The 1910 Fire -- The Wallace Experience."
June 28-29, 2010. Project Learning Tree (PLT) Wildfires & Weeds (with a special focus on the 1910 Fire Centennial) Professional development workshop for educators. More information at www.idahoforests.org/plt1.htm
July 16, 2010 Savenac Nursery Event to highlight impacts of fires on nursery and reconstruction after 1910
Events scheduled on the Anniversay of the Big Blow-up
August 20 and 21, 2010
August 20, St. Maries, Idaho - Rededication of Firefighter Memorial and Community Dinner
August 21, Trout Creek, Montana - Sanders County Historical Society Special Events on Saturday, August 21, 2010
August 19-21, Avery, Idaho multiple events
August 21, Missoula, Montana- AFD Campus wide events including celebration of Fire Lab’s 50th Anniversary
August 17-21, Events within Benewah County, Idaho in conjunction with county fair
August 19-22, Wallace, Idaho events around Pulaski with commemoration event at 9 Mile Cemetery on August 21.
August 21-22, Savenac/Mineral County, Montana Commemoration events including memorial grove at nursery planted to honor 1910 fallen firefighters along with CCC reunion
September 19-23, 50th Anniversary of Fire Lab
October 24-29, International Association of Wildland Fire Conference, Spokane, WA.
3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conterence "Beyond Fire Behavior and Fuels: Learning from the Past to Help Guide Us in the Future". Held at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park.
After the conference field trips will highlight 1910 Fire subtheme. For more information: http://iawfonline.org/spokane2010/
Links
Click on the links below to see other web sites dedicated to the 1910 Fire Commemoration. Many of these links will take you ot of this web site and into our partner organizations. If you would like to add an informational link here, please contact us.
Memorial List of all Forest Service firefighters killed in the line of Duty: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sanbernardino/fire/heros.shtml
The Wildland Firefighters Foundation, Forest Service partner. Web site includes memorial information. http://www.wffoundation.org
Informal web site regarding the Great 1910 1910 Fire of Idaho, Montana, & Washington http://www.1910fire.com
Pulaski Tunnel website - http://www.pulaski-project.org
Ft. Missoula Museum, 1910 Fire Exhibit, March 29, 2010
1919 Fire-related articles from Evergreen Magazine at http://www.idahoforests.org/fires.htm