Description: FAMOUS FOREST FIRE OF 1910 CONTENT !! GOOD POSTMARKS !! -- THE GREAT FIRE OF 1910 (ALSO COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE BIG BLOW-OFF, THE BIG BURN, OR THE DEVIL'S BROOM FIRE) WAS A WILDFIRE IN THE INLAND NORTHWEST REGION OF THE UNITED STATES THAT IN THE SUMMER OF 1910 BURNED THREE MILLION ACRES (4,700 SQ MI; 12,100 KM2, APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF CONNECTICUT) IN NORTH IDAHOAND WESTERN MONTANA, WITH EXTENSIONS INTO EASTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST BRITISH COLUMBIA.[1] THE AREA BURNED INCLUDED LARGE PARTS OF THE BITTERROOT, CABINET, CLEARWATER, COEUR D'ALENE, FLATHEAD, KANIKSU, KOOTENAI, LEWIS AND CLARK, LOLO, AND ST. JOE NATIONAL FORESTS.[2] THE FIRE BURNED OVER TWO DAYS ON THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 20–21,[3][4] AFTER STRONG WINDS CAUSED NUMEROUS SMALLER FIRES TO COMBINE INTO A FIRESTORM OF UNPRECEDENTED SIZE. IT KILLED 87 PEOPLE,[5] MOSTLY FIREFIGHTERS,[6][7] DESTROYED NUMEROUS MANMADE STRUCTURES, INCLUDING SEVERAL ENTIRE TOWNS, AND BURNED MORE THAN THREE MILLION ACRES OF FOREST WITH AN ESTIMATED BILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF TIMBER LOST.[2] IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST, ALTHOUGH NOT THE DEADLIEST, FOREST FIRE IN U.S. HISTORY.[8] IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRE, THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE RECOGNITION FOR ITS FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS, INCLUDING A DOUBLING OF ITS BUDGET FROM CONGRESS. THE OUTCOME WAS TO HIGHLIGHT FIREFIGHTERS AS PUBLIC HEROES WHILE RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF NATIONAL NATURE CONSERVATION. THE FIRE IS OFTEN CONSIDERED A SIGNIFICANT IMPETUS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION STRATEGIES --- SEE PHOTOS !!! NO RESERVE, SHIPPING AND HANDLING IS $2.00 IN USA, OR $4.00 FOREIGN. I COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS ON MULTIPLE ITEM TO SAVE YOU MONEY. LOTS OVER $50.00 FOREIGN MUST BE REGISTERED FOR $11.00 EXTRA --
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