Photos: Aftermath of the 1918 Cloquet-Moose Lake wildfire

The remains of a neighborhood of burned-out homes -- reduced to debris-filled basements -- are seen after a wildfire swept through Cloquet, Minn., on Oct. 12, 1918. This view is looking north toward the Masonic Temple and Washington School. The Cloquet-Moose Lake fire devastated those two communities among others in northeastern Minnesota, including parts of Duluth, leaving hundreds of people dead and thousands homeless.
Courtesy Carlton County Historical Society, www.carltoncountyhistory.orgGo Deeper.
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