Tales from the Minnesota Forest Fires

Download or read book Tales from the Minnesota Forest Fires written by Esther Elizabeth Larson and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Residents of Spooner and Baudette found refuge by riding trains across the Rainy River to the town of Rainy River, Ontario. Sources put the death toll between 29 and 42 people. Thousands were left homeless with winter fast approaching. The American Red Cross assisted survivors; a tent city was built in a day to provide shelter, and many supplies were donated in order to rebuild. The Red Cross and the National Guard immediately began the rebuilding effort and many homesteaders now turned to the chore of land clearing with hopes for a crop in the spring. The lumber mills were either spared or undamaged; and so there was some reason for hopefulness for the future."--Wikipedia Sept. 2011.