100 Fires Project

This week in history - September 15 to September 21

The Great Fire of 1845 started in western Oregon during the early fall season. According to Indian oral history interviews, early settler accounts, and dated burnt snag patterns it is estimated that this fire covered more than 500,000 acres; running from the Willamette Valley over the Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean. Western Oregon experienced a series of similar large conflagrations during the years of 1849, 1853, 1865, and 1868.

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