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The Cloquet Fire (/ k l oʊ ˈ k eɪ / kloh-KAY) [2] was an immense forest fire in northern Minnesota, United States in October 1918, caused by sparks on the local railroads amid dry conditions. The fire left much of western Carlton County devastated, mostly affecting Moose Lake , Cloquet , and Kettle River .
The Great Hinckley Fire was a conflagration in the pine forests of the U.S. state of Minnesota in September 1894, which burned an area of at least 200,000 acres (810 km 2; 310 sq mi) [1] (perhaps more than 250,000 acres [1,000 km 2; 390 sq mi]), including the town of Hinckley.
Pine County had the most tax delinquent property in Minnesota and suffered abject environmental degradation from cultivation and wildfires like the Great Hinckley Fire. [6] In 1934 the area was selected for a Recreational Demonstration Area, a New Deal program that provided jobs, paid farmers for poor cropland, and created outdoor recreation ...
Minnesota State Highway 33 (MN 33) is a 19.748-mile (31.781 km) state highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate 35 (I-35) at Cloquet and continues to its northern terminus at its interchange with U.S. Highway 53 (US 53) at Independence.
The burnt area was 167,000 hectares which is the second highest in recent history (after the 2007 fires). ... Great Hinckley Fire: ... Cloquet Fire: Minnesota and ...
Early on October 18, 2024, Wales police received a phone call from a member of the public. It was the start of a mystery that remains unsolved four months later.
North Branch to Hinckley: now operated by the St. Croix Valley Railroad which continues to use the "Skally Line" moniker and a logo with a modification of the original Northern Pacific "monad," i.e. a white encircled, red and black "ying-yang." Today, the St Croix Valley Railroad interchanges with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in ...
The Cloquet Valley State Forest encompasses 327,098 acres (1,323.7 km 2); 48,384 acres (195.8 km 2) of which (or 15%) are Minnesota Department of Natural Resources forestry administered lands. Located in southeast Saint Louis County , the Cloquet Valley State Forest is located about 20 miles (32 km) north of Duluth and 25 miles (40 km ...