. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. HISTORIC FOREST FIRES. 81 part of the dania«ie to the neighborhood. The ^ages that wouM have been earned in Inmbering, added to the value of the produce that wonhl have been i)ur- chased to supply the lumber camps, and the taxes that would have been devoted to roads and other i^ublic improvements, furnish a much truer measure of how. Fig. 76.—A Kocky Mountain coniferous fonst killed by tire. North Fork of Sun Kiver, Montana. Valley of the much, sooner or later, it costs a region when its forests are destroyed by fire. (See figs. 76-81, and Pis
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. HISTORIC FOREST FIRES. 81 part of the dania«ie to the neighborhood. The ^ages that wouM have been earned in Inmbering, added to the value of the produce that wonhl have been i)ur- chased to supply the lumber camps, and the taxes that would have been devoted to roads and other i^ublic improvements, furnish a much truer measure of how. Fig. 76.—A Kocky Mountain coniferous fonst killed by tire. North Fork of Sun Kiver, Montana. Valley of the much, sooner or later, it costs a region when its forests are destroyed by fire. (See figs. 76-81, and Pis. XLI, XLYI, XLVII.) The Peshtigo fire of October, 1871, was still more severe than the Miramichi. It covered an area of over 2,000 square miles in Wisconsin, and involved a loss, in timber and other property, of many millions of dol- lars. Between 1,200 and 1,500 persons perished, includ- ing nearly half the ])opulation of Peshtigo^ at that time. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Forestry. Washington : G. P. O.
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