Photographer Huron H. Smith described this picture taken near Burner as “a recent forest fire at Pocahontas Lumber Company camp near Little River.” Huron H. Smith was then a dendrologist at the Field Museum in Chicago. The image is from a glass negative and is one of two taken by Smith at the scene. (“Courtesy, The Field Museum, Chicago, CSB28390”; Preserving Pocahontas ID: PHP000052)
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