100 Year Anniversary of the Fires of 1918 in Minnesota

100 Year Anniversary of the Fires of 1918 in Minnesota presentation by Dan Reed, Moose Lake Area Historical Society, is coming to the Floodwood School's large gym on Tuesday, October 23 @10:15 AM. This 45 minute presentation is open to the public. We encourage all to attend.

                                                                                  1918 Fire devastation; today this is the Cloquet Hospital/Raiter Clinich area

Moose Lake helped people survive by rowing to the middle of the lake.

Survivors were set up at camps like this Moose Lake Fire Survivor Camp.

Image of car destroyed by the fire.

Pictures accessed online and credited to Pine Journal, Duluth News Tribune, & Moose Lake Star Gazette:

Citation:

Carlton County Historical Society, L. (n.d.). 1918 Fire Pictures [Pictures from the 1918 Carlton County Fires]. Retrieved October 16, 2018, from https://www.google.com/search?... carlton county fire&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiiwbHoiIveAhWr5YMKHUlbANcQ_AUIECgD&biw=1356&bih=616&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=QqfaEHhWAAPh4M: