tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post6334466260031445726..comments2024-01-26T00:51:41.975-08:00Comments on AnceStories: The Stories of My Ancestors: The Martin Family and the Great Fire of 1910Miriam Robbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-7336790195238657482009-10-13T16:23:38.341-07:002009-10-13T16:23:38.341-07:00Thanks, Tracy. Actually, only a third of Wallace b...Thanks, Tracy. Actually, only a third of Wallace burned, but still, it had a devastating effect on the community!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by to read and leave your kind words.Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-75143361196415770142009-10-13T09:36:04.188-07:002009-10-13T09:36:04.188-07:00Miriam, what a fantastic post. I attended college...Miriam, what a fantastic post. I attended college in Moscow and have spent a lot of time traveling in northern Idaho. I spent a week working in Wallace about 10 years ago and had no idea the town was destroyed like it was. More recent history of the 1972 Sunshine Mine fire seems to have dominated the stories of tragedies in Shoshone County. I can't even fathom how smoky the air must have been in that narrow valley and how limited the transportation options would have been to get out of it. Thank you for sharing this fascinating story.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08869855513272348366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-61906928809396309562009-10-10T11:05:10.301-07:002009-10-10T11:05:10.301-07:00Thank you, Kate, for reading, and for your kind wo...Thank you, Kate, for reading, and for your kind words.Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-63666356137736143822009-10-10T10:47:06.463-07:002009-10-10T10:47:06.463-07:00This was a great post -- great family story and hi...This was a great post -- great family story and history. I agree you do have a way with words.<br />A fellow Michigander, KathyKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09135414618328219927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-57597015509151631692009-10-10T08:56:03.701-07:002009-10-10T08:56:03.701-07:00Charles, thanks for the confirmation on the railro...Charles, thanks for the confirmation on the railroad info. When I looked at Kyle on Google Earth, I could see they had a Milwaukee Road Rail Trail, which is what led me to believe it was that particular railroad my husband's great-grandfather worked for. The article on Wikipedia about the Milwaukee Road mentioned certain Washington communities it came through, communities I know the Martin family resided in. I don't get a chance to write about genealogy in the context of local geography and history very often because all my ancestors were from Michigan and further east. It's nice to be able to write about my husband's ancestors and know the locations that are mentioned.<br /><br />Sheri, thank you for your kind words. My husband and I have actually traveled in this area, although we didn't know we were in his ancestral locations. We'll have to do it again sometime and maybe find the tunnel where the Martins hid from the fire!Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-79670678469738636612009-10-10T00:58:05.134-07:002009-10-10T00:58:05.134-07:00Now this is a family history story! You have such...Now this is a family history story! You have such a way with words, I feel like I am there in person as it is happening!Sheri Fenleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720122119370691488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-71937460464452184422009-10-09T22:46:00.589-07:002009-10-09T22:46:00.589-07:00Miriam You were correct about the Milwaukee Railr...Miriam You were correct about the Milwaukee Railroad, the Northern Pacific and Great Northern both were a lot north of the Kellogg and Wallace area. The Milwaukee was just finished through north Idaho in 1909 and they came across central Montana and down through the Silver Valley then to Spokane and the coast. (You can ride the old railroad grade called the Route of the Hiawatha today on bicycles). <br />My dad came to north Idaho in the early 1920s and worked in the logging camps and he said you could see the remains if the 1910 fire even then, and even up until the 1950s you could still see some burnt stumps.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15311523372083088677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-26662371510083486292009-10-09T15:13:01.561-07:002009-10-09T15:13:01.561-07:00Thank you for your kind words, Claudia.Thank you for your kind words, Claudia.Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38696983.post-48089109824477551882009-10-09T14:39:27.370-07:002009-10-09T14:39:27.370-07:00GREAT POST....I had never heard of this fire, but ...GREAT POST....I had never heard of this fire, but the telling was chilling.Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714440790407126206noreply@blogger.com