Chapter
The Big Burn: Part Four - Disaster at Wallace
30:35 - 35:05 (04:29)
President William Taft sends 2,500 military troops to battle the fires as Ed Pulaski dispatches his group of 200 men to combat the fires in separate sections of separate mountains in this disaster at Wallace.
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President William Taft sent in 2,500 military troops, specifically the 25th Infantry from Spokane, also known as the Buffalo Soldiers, to fight the fires caused by conflicts with natives in August of 1910.
30:35 - 32:37 (02:02)
Buffalo Soldiers
Summary
President William Taft sent in 2,500 military troops, specifically the 25th Infantry from Spokane, also known as the Buffalo Soldiers, to fight the fires caused by conflicts with natives in August of 1910.
ChapterThe Big Burn: Part Four - Disaster at Wallace
Episode44: Escaping the Flames. Idaho Panhandle National Forests.
PodcastNational Park After Dark
As the Great Fire of 1910 hurtles toward Idaho, the Forest Service wrongly believes it has the upper hand, while in town, fires break out and burn unchecked.
32:37 - 35:05 (02:27)
forest fires
Summary
As the Great Fire of 1910 hurtles toward Idaho, the Forest Service wrongly believes it has the upper hand, while in town, fires break out and burn unchecked.