Burned larch stumps litter the forest along Old Paint Trail north of Bigfork, remnants of the destruction of the Echo Lake Fire of 1921. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
June 24, 2021
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June 27, 2021 midnight
Bigfork man's research chronicles Echo Lake Fire of 1921
The 3,000-acre fire destroyed homes, farms and the Mud Lake Schoolhouse before rains finally brought it under control.