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Wildfires and Politics in the 1920s and 70s | Spokane News
In 1926, the Kanisku National Forest was engulfed in catastrophic wildfires so intense they were deemed “beyond all human control,” prompting the emergency deployment of three busloads of firefighters and even drafting tourists into duty—while smoke obscured the true scale of the blaze. Meanwhile, agricultural ambitions were afoot as Nebraska’s Farmers’ Union president prepared to broker a deal for Spokane orchards to supply hundreds of stores. Fast forward to 1976: Spokane’s own U.S. Rep. Tom Foley, though passed over as Carter’s VP pick, was entrusted with leading the agricultural…
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