The Big Burn The series of fires that exploded across parts of British Columbia, eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana in August 1910 scorched 3.25 million acres over two days. Eighty-five people ...

The Great Fire of 1910 — better known in these parts as The Big Burn — came to life on Aug. 20, 1910, when gale-force winds caused a number of smaller wildfires throughout northern Idaho and ...

This absolutist fire suppression ideology, later publicized by Smokey Bear, has as its origin the Big Burn complex of forest fires in 1910 and its roots in 19th-century settler colonialism.

In 1910, the National Forest Service was only five years old and Kenops said the agency's future was "iffy" because of political battles but "The Big Burn" was a big reason it survived.

In 1910, the "Big Burn," or as some historians call it, the "Big Blow-Up," burned more than 3 million acres in northern Idaho and western Montana.

In the summer of 1910, hundreds of wildfires raged across the Northern Rockies. By the time it was all over, more than three million acres had burned and at least 78 firefighters were dead. It was ...

BOISE - One of the worst natural disasters in 20th century American history happened here in Idaho. It was a wildfire called "The Big Blow-up" or "The Big Burn." The fire charred millions of acres ...

The Big Burn. The series of fires that exploded across parts of British Columbia, eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana in August 1910 scorched 3.25 million acres over two days.

Browse a photo gallery of the men who fought the Big Burn in 1910 and helped make the U.S. Forest Service what it is today. Page 1 of 1. You May Also Like. Major funding for The Big Burn provided by.

BOISE - One of the worst natural disasters in 20th century American history happened here in Idaho. It was a wildfire called "The Big Blow-up" or "The Big Burn." The fire charred millions of acres ...

BOISE - One of the worst natural disasters in 20th century American history happened here in Idaho. It was a wildfire called "The Big Blow-up" or "The Big Burn." The fire charred millions of acres ...