The Great Hinckley Fire Marker

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Near Hinckley in Pine County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

The Great Hinckley Fire

By Keith L, September 26, 2007

1. The Great Hinckley Fire Marker

Inscription. This Monument is erected by The State of Minnesota under an Act of the Legislature Approved April 7th, A. D. 1899 To the Memory of Four Hundred and Eighteen Men Women and Children who perished in the Great Hinckley Forest Fire of September First A. D. 1894

September 1st, A.D. 1894 On the First Day of September, A.D. 1894, between the Hours of Three and Five O’Clock in the afternoon a forest fire swept over Central Pine County devastating Four Hundred square miles of Country, Consuming the Villages of Hinckley, Sandstone, Mission Creek and Brook Park, and destroying more than Four Hundred and Eighteen human lives

In Memoriam In the Four Trenches North of this Monument lie the remains of Two Hundred and Forty Eight Men, Women and Children, Residents of Hinckley, who perished in the fire which this monument was erected to commemorate.

Dedicated September 1st, A.D. 1900 This Monument is dedicated to the Pioneers of Civilization in the Forests of Minnesota.

Erected 1900 by The State of Minnesota.

Location. 46° 0.665′ N, 92° 55.419′ W. Marker is near Hinckley, Minnesota, in Pine County. Marker is on Fire Monument Road (State Highway 48) 0.2 miles east of

By Keith L, September 26, 2007

2. The Great Hinckley Fire Marker

Morris Avenue (County Road 140), on the left when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is at Memorial Cemetery. Marker is in this post office area: Hinckley MN 55037, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Sandstone Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.8 miles away); Lumbering in Minnesota (approx. 14.4 miles away).

Also see . . . The Great Fire of 1894. The story and 1894 New York Times coverage of the fire. (Submitted on October 6, 2007, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.)