Echoes of the 1926 wildfire season, a century later
The Hay Creek Fire of 1926 burns in the Moose Creek drainage of the Flathead National Forest in Montana. (Archives & Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana)
An uneasy quiet settled over Superior, Montana on the night of July 17, 1926. Wind that had gusted throughout the afternoon suddenly calmed, leaving only the crackling of embers to fill the silence.
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