COLLECTION
Big Burn Collection Item Info
- Title:
- Big Burn Collection
- Link:
- https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/bigburn/
- Date Created:
- 1910
- Archival Date:
- 1910-1977
- Collection Description:
- The Big Burn Collection is an online exhibit of materials related to the 'Big Burn' fires of 1910 that devastated much of Northern Idaho and Northwest Montana. The collection includes photographs, documents, first-person accounts, and oral histories pertaining to the fires and the local and national responses to them.
- Librarian Explanation:
- Contains audio, photographic, and text resources relating to the fires.
- Relevant Standard:
- 4.SS.1.2.2 Describe the role of fur trading and the discovery of gold and silver in the settlement of Idaho
- Subjects:
- mining fires cities and towns
- Location:
- Orofino, Idaho; Shoshone County, Idaho; Wallace, Idaho; Wardner, Idaho
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Language:
- eng
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Big Burn Collection", University of Idaho Library Open Education Portal, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://thecdil.github.io/oep/items/big-burn-collection.html