The photo above and below shows the Nicholson Mine entrance that US Forest Service Ranger Ed Pulaski used to shelter and save 40 out of 45 of his group of firefighters battling the Great Idaho Fire of 1910. That fire led to the expansion of the US Forest Service, and many other major changes in the way forest and wildland fires were fought in America. More later.

This section will include these types of stories, and features on other significant events, people, tools, technology, and firefighting methodology over the years.