MOVING HISTORY FORWARD: Fighting the 1939 Mt. Spokane-Spirit Lake fire
Water hoses were used to battle the fire at the Panhandle Lumber yard in 1939.
Photo courtesy of the Spirit Lake Historical Society
Old-time fiddler Harold Skinner volunteered to fight the 1939 fire.
Photo courtesy of the Spirit Lake Historical Society
Fire approaches the Panhandle Lumber office, Aug. 11, 1939.
Photo courtesy of the Spirit Lake Historical Society
In August 1939, menacing forest fires swept down Mt. Spokane and Brickle Creek valley, burning 10 miles along the north shore of Spirit Lake and destroying 75,000 acres in its path...
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