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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 .
According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press 1964 publication "The Story of Minnesota" by staffer Jerry Fearing, the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Steam Locomotive No. 4 was heading south to St. Paul from Duluth with 400 passengers aboard when the train arrived at Hinckley, Minnesota in the middle of the historic Great Hinckley Fire of 1894.
The Hinckley Fire Museum. Today, a 37-mile (60 km) section of the Willard Munger State Trail, from Hinckley to Barnum, is a memorial to the fire and the devastation it caused. In the town of Hinckley, on Highway 61, the Hinckley Fire Museum is located in the former Northern Pacific Railway depot. It is located a few feet north of the former ...
In Pine City and Hinckley, there are museums near I-35: the Pine City one at a refurbished fur trading post and interpretive center and the Hinckley one commemorating the Great Hinckley Forest Fire that occurred in 1894. Motorists who take BL I-35 through Pine City can experience a quintessential all-American main street.
Great Hinckley Fire: Minnesota: Killed 418+ people and destroyed 12 towns. 1898 ... Cloquet Fire: Minnesota and Wisconsin: Killed 453 people. 1919 5,000,000 acres
Right to construct and operate a railroad from Hinckley, Minn., to a point at or near the mouth of the St. Louis River, about 47 miles, was transferred to Eastern Railway Company of Minnesota, August 13, 1887. Name changed to Great Northern Railway Company September 18, 1889.
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 St. Croix Valley Railroad (reporting mark SCXY) is a Class III short line railroad that operates over 36 miles (58 kilometres) of track in eastern Minnesota.The railroad is owned by KBN Incorporated jointly between Independent Locomotive Service of Bethel MN and Midwest Locomotive Services of Atwater MN, with the railroad headquartered in Rush City, Minnesota.