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