Prairie Fires of the Great West – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Prairie Fires of the Great West in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Prairie Fires of the Great West
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Fires racing across open grassland were a real hazard for anyone traveling the Great Plains by rail in the late 1800s, and the railroads were often part of the cause. Wood- and coal-burning locomotives threw sparks that could ignite dry prairie grass along the right-of-way, and a single blaze could spread for miles before wind or a creek stopped it. Railroad crews cut firebreaks and burned strips of grass beside the tracks to slow the flames, which shows how closely the iron horse and the open prairie were tied together. The title suggests that the train was both the route west and a source of the dangers that came with it.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,200 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 18 |
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