Trailhead to Pulaski Tunnel
In 1910, the town of Wallace, Idaho, along with many other western towns was embroiled in the fight against massive wildfires, the worst our country has every seen, then or since. A wildfire the size of Connecticut was burning in northeast Washington, the Idaho panhandle, and western Montana. In last August, hurricane force winds from a cold front whipped the many small fires into a blazing inferno, impossible to fight. Smoke from the fire could be seen as far east at New York and darkened the skies so much 500 miles out in the Pacific the ships were prevented from navigating via the stars at night….
