From the ashes: The day Noxon burned down
Noxon Fire Chief Jim Byler outside the station on Wednesday, Oct. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The sites of the former Mercantile and Cafe, Angry Beaver General Store and Toby's Tavern in Noxon on Wednesday, Oct. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The sites of the former Mercantile and Cafe, Angry Beaver General Store and Toby's Tavern, with the Angry Beaver Mobile Trailer at right, in Noxon on Wednesday, Oct. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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April Bowe rings up a customer at the Angry Beaver General Store mobile trailer in Noxon on Wednesday, Oct. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Clark Fork River in Noxon on Wednesday, Oct. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The sites of the former Mercantile and Cafe, Angry Beaver General Store and Toby's Tavern in Noxon on Wednesday, Oct. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Angry Beaver General Store mobile trailer in Noxon on Wednesday, Oct. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
This is Part One of a two part series. Read Part Two, From the Ashes: Noxon Faces Uncertain Future, here
Jim Byler can’t remember off the top of his head when the first call came in.
It was early, though. Before the wiry, bushy-bearded chief of the Noxon Rural Fire District usually headed out for his day job running buses for the local school district.
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