St. Maries 1910 Fire Memorial

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St. Maries 1910 Fire Memorial
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LocationSt. Maries Cemetery, St. Maries, Idaho
Coordinates 47°18′56″N116°35′12″W / 47.31556°N 116.58667°W / 47.31556; -116.58667 (St. Maries 1910 Fire Memorial)
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1910
MPS North Idaho 1910 Fire Sites TR
NRHP reference No. 84001010 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1984

The St. Maries 1910 Fire Memorial, at St. Maries Cemetery in St. Maries, Idaho, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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A six-foot granite slab memorial, with a 19 by 13 inches (0.48 m × 0.33 m) United States Forest Service bronze plate, was erected in 1924. The site includes graves of 54 fire fighters lost on August 20, 1910. Also 28 fire victims at Big Creek and 26 at Setzer Creek, killed in 1912, were reburied to the memorial. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. Maries 1910 Fire Memorial / Site No. 6". National Park Service . Retrieved October 9, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1986