Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1955.912.86Description
Photo of the town of Darwin after a fire on August 17, 1917.
Handwritten on reverse: First fire 11 A.M. August 17, 1917. Mecham garage, corrigated iron from our mill at Millspaugh, corrals, and barns 1876--1 block--next was Black Metal Saloon [1876?]. Long's 3 room house where fire started--a 2 room house and Jack Gunn's saloon 1876. Inside was beautiful big mahogany billard table, hauled in by Remi Nadeau from San Pedro, Calif. 1876 by freight team--16 to 20 mules, jerkline. 2 blocks burned--next house Theodore Peterson's [Petersen?] and back of his rooming house--then Alec Rouna's house which burned down Nov. 8, 1943 and Peterson's rooming house 1920 and later his service station and cafe burned 1944 Christmas Eve.Collection
Elizabeth and Richard Mecham Collection