This historical marker is located at a highway pull out along a particularly tight corner of I-90 in Mullan. There are no other services here but it's still a good spot to get out of the car, stretch your legs and enjoy the nature that is all around.
The marker reads, "More than 3,000,000 acres of timber in this area burned during an exceptionally dry summer in 1910. A gigantic fire storm on August 20 did unprecedented damage.
Skies in Montreal and London were blackened by its smoke, which interfered with North Atlantic navigation. Strenuous efforts saved most of Wallace from its flames, but 85 fire fighters were lost, mostly in other areas. Edward Pulaski's heroic measures to save his crew in a nearby mine tunnel have become a forest legend recounted in Wallace's mining museum at 509 Bank Street."
This is marker number 252 and it was erected by the Idaho Department of Transportation.
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