The Great Hinckley Fire, on September 1, 1894, killed 418 people. The most conservative estimate is that 160,000 acres were burned. It was one of the deadliest fires in U.S. history.
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- The Hero of Hinckley News feature from Minnesota Public Radio about Ojibwe artist Steve Premo's mural honoring an Ojibwe woman who rescued a white family in the Hinckley Fire of 1894.
- The Great Hinckley Fire, 1894 Illustrated description from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, of the conditions that led to the deadly fire and what happened on that September day.
- Faster Than Flames--Engineer Root Outraces the Hinckley Fire How a train engineer saved lives in the Hinckley fire. For children. By Kathy Warnes.