Moose Lake Fire
On October 12, 1918 one of the several terrific forest fires which were burning simultaneously, driven by a sixty mile wind, swept through the Moose Lake region. Of the 453 persons burned to death in these fires, some 200 perished in and about this town. A State monument in Riverside Cemetery near here commemorates the disaster.
Verbatim 1940 text, presented as a historical record, not current interpretation. Minnesota now calls the 1862 conflict the U.S.-Dakota War and has since replaced the wording on some of these signs.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesHistorical map archives, georeferenced via AllmapsDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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