Quote from 1910 Fire participant.

Many of these articles, and reports are from the Archive Collection of the Regional Office of the Northern Region of the Forest Service regarding the great fires of 1910.

This Article was Taken from the August 21, 1912 Issue of the Wallace, Idaho Press-Times (3 pages): Article on the Anniversary of the Great Fire Two Years Ago

Excerpt from Region 1 History regarding the 1910 Fires, 3 pages.

Fighting Forest Fires Then and Now, by Theodore Showmaker, dated October, 1955 (He retired 1938), 10 pages

Report from Roscoe Haines, Coeur d'Alene National Forest Acting Supervisor, dated January 5, 1911, to the District Forester in Missoula, Montana, 7 pages.

National Forest Fire Damage in Montana and Idaho, 4 pages.

Summary Report of the Fires Inside of National Forest Lands for Calendar Year 1910, for Latah, Shoshone, and Kootenai Counties, 6 pages.

Reports

Excerpts Concerning the 1910 Firest as Taken From a Congressional Report of July 15, 1911, 6 pages

Excerpt from Roscoe Haines' letter of November 25 to District Forester, 1 page

Field Program for August, 1910, 1 page

Fire Report on the Coeur D'Alene National Forest, November 9, 1910, 17 pages

Letter from Roscoe Haines, November 10, 1910 to District Forester, 2 pages

Letter from W.B. Greeley to District Forest Supervisors, dated October 24, 1910, 2 pages

Notes on Observations in National Forests and Elsewhere During the Summer of 1910 by J.E. Kirkwood, 47 pages

Outline of Fire Report Due in District Office November 10, 3 pages

Index of Reports


View from a train track of the burned fire area.
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View of burned forest area with cleared trail.
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