When the Mountains Roared : Stories of the 1910 Fire Item Info
- Title:
- When the Mountains Roared : Stories of the 1910 Fire
- Creator:
- Elers Koch; Joe B. Halm; Mr. Swaine
- Date Created:
- 1978
- Description:
- Introduction from the book: "If history is not written it is soon forgotten. The 1910 forest fire in the Northern Rocky Mountain Region is an episode which has had much to do with shaping the fire policy not only of that region but the whole United States. The tragic and disastrous culmination of that battle to save the forests shocked the nation into a realization of the necessity of a better system of fire control. It is now thirty-two years since that memorable summer. The men who took part in the campaign are getting older each year and before many more years have elapsed the 1910 fire season will be only a tradition. For this reason the writer who, as Supervisor of the Lolo Forest, had some small part in the campaign and the background of a current knowledge of the regional situation through those trying days, has undertaken to compile an informal record of the fire history of that year. This is not written for publication, but primarily as a record for the Forest Service, so that the story will not be lost."
- Location:
- Idaho; Western Montana
- Source:
- R1-78-30, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Idaho Panhandle National Forests
- Original Link:
- http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/idaho-panhandle/r1-78-30/
- Format:
- application/pdf
Reference Link
"When the Mountains Roared : Stories of the 1910 Fire", Fire Lines, Center for Digital Inquiry and Learning (CDIL), University of Idaho Library, https://cdil.lib.uidaho.edu/fire-lines/items/im-14.html