Wallace 1910 Fire Memorial
The Wallace 1910 Fire Memorial, near Wallace, Idaho, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
Wallace 1910 Fire Memorial | |
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| Location | Nine Mile Cemetery, near Wallace, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 47°29′18″N 115°54′51″W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1910 |
| MPS | North Idaho 1910 Fire Sites TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001180[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 20, 1984 |
It consists of two cobblestone monuments in the Nine Mile Cemetery, erected in 1921 by the United States Forest Service, with associated graves of firefighters who died in forest fires in 1910.[2]
One commemorates five men who died at the West Fork of Placer Creek, fighting forest fires on August 20, 1910. The other commemorates six men who died at the Bullion Mine.[2]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wallace 1910 Fire Memorial / Site No. 7". National Park Service. 1984. Retrieved October 9, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1984
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