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The Department of Conservation was created by Act 144 in 1908. In 1915 funds were directed for fire protection work allowing the hiring of lookout watchmen or patrolmen. In 1917 public education for fire prevention work began. In 1922 the first steel fire tower was built near Bogalusa on Great Southern Lumber Company land.
Keithville is an unincorporated community in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies to the south of Shreveport along U.S. Route 171 . Although unincorporated, it has a post office , with the ZIP code of 71047.
The ban was issued in response to several large, human-caused wildfires amid the statewide drought emergency and drier-than-normal weather across Washington. The largest fire at the time was the Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan, which had grown to more than 12,000 acres (4,900 ha). [2]
Aug. 8—WHITE SALMON — The Williams Mine Fire started Monday at about noon and was only burning five acres; however, the fire quickly expanded to more than 2,700 acres Tuesday and expanded ...
A school for first through eighth grade students operated in Four Lakes from 1917 to 1959, [10] when it merged into the Cheney School District. Most elementary students in Four Lakes now attend Betz Elementary, [11] while older students attend either Cheney High School or Cheney Middle School.
Eastern Washington Fieldhouse was a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Cheney, Washington. It was home to the Eastern Washington State College (EWSC) Eagles basketball team until the Reese Court opened in 1975. [1] The facility was destroyed by fire on April 25, 1977. [2]
Debris is strewn about following severe weather Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, in Keithville, La. A volatile storm ripping across the U.S. spawned tornadoes that killed a young boy and his mother in ...
Early election results showed the Key Peninsula Fire Department’s maintenance and operations levy failing Tuesday night.. Proposition No. 1 - Property Tax Levy for Maintenance and Operation ...