Hinckley and the fire of 1894 / Alaina Wolter Lyseth ; foreword by Walt Tomascak.

Title:

ISBN:

9781439648650

Personal Author:

Lyseth, Alaina Wolter

Publication Information:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2021]

Physical Description:

1 online resource : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits.

General Note:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Contents:

Introduction -- Blazing the trail -- Fleeing the red demon -- Firestorm -- Search and rescue -- Rising from the ashes -- New kids on the block -- No ordinary fire -- In memoriam -- Everybody comes from somewhere.

Summary:

Recounts the history of the September 1, 1894 fire in Hinckley, Minnesota, that killed over 400 people, incinerated 400 square miles of forest, and destroyed six towns in the area. Provides photographs with captions and follows accounts from eye witnesses and survivors about the unusual circumstances that led to the fire's powerful destruction.

Geographic Term:

Hinckley (Minn.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works

Hinckley (Minn.) -- Biography -- Pictorial works

Hinckley (Minn.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works

Subject Term:

Fires--Minnesota--Hinckley -- History 19th century -- Pictorial works

Forest fires--Minnesota--Hinckley -- History 19th century -- Pictorial works

Disasters--Minnesota--Hinckley -- History 19th century -- Pictorial works

Disaster victims--Minnesota--Hinckley -- Biography -- Pictorial works

Historic buildings--Minnesota--Hinckley -- Pictorial works

Genre:

Electronic books