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A view of the Homestake Fire on October 18th (the fire burned from October 17 to 20, 1991) from the S curve on Hwy 24.
"Though threatening, the Homestake Fire swept quickly through its high-terrain tinderbox and actually provided a helpful burn-off of ground grasses that may promote and fertilize the area's prime wildlife forage. At one point, according to firefighters at the scene, the fire traveled 30-feet per minute and was stoked periodically...
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Fire crews and trucks parked in a meadow on Castle Peak with forest fire in center background. Photo taken on September 22, 1944.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Airplane at the scene of the forest fire northeast of Eagle, Colorado, 1944. Man holding struts on right side of airplane. Automobiles
in left background, belonging to fire crew and watchers. Smoke evident.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1944 Forest fire northeast of Eagle. Smoke is visible in the distance over pine trees.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1944 Forest fire northeast of Eagle, Colorado. Burning trees in midground, smoke moving to right in the photo. Mountains barely visible through haze.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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View of Red Cliff and the smoke from the Holy Cross Garage fire on March 21, 1963.
7. Forest fire
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1944 Forest fire northeast of Eagle, Colorado. View of the ridge, fully involved.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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1944 Forest fire northeast of Eagle. Smoke clearly visitble along treeline.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]