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Hinckley Fire of 1894: Images & Artifacts

Photograph Collections

Minnesota Division of Forestry. Numerical Photograph Set. 
Black and white snapshot photographs (and negatives) of such items and events include scenes from the Hinckley fire.  
MNHS call number: 103.E.9.2F 

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    Root's Engine, St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company, the engine that carried the last train load of survivors out of Hinckley during the 1894 fire, 1895.   Burying the dead, 90 in one trench, 1864.   

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