74th Anniversary of the August 5, 1949 Mann Gulch Fire

Today is the 74th year anniversary of the August 5, 1949 Mann Gulch Fire that burned 20 miles north of Helena, MT and killed 13 firefighters with only three surviving.** Suggest you review the following:

Rothermel, Richard. Mann Gulch Fire: A Race That Couldn’t Be Won, May '93. INT-GTR-299: Mann Gulch Fire

Cold Missouri River song set to the Mann Gulch Fire: cold missouri waters song - Yahoo Search Results Video Search Results

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Norman McClean’s Young Men of Fire was an incredible story

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