 Above: This view from the ridge, northeast of the area where the original fire started, shows the place (red asterisk) where Rumsey and Sallee crossed over into Rescue Gulch. The number "8" marks Dodge's spot fire. The number "6" indicates the turn-around point. The Missouri River can be seen beyond the gulch.
In 2009 I returned to Mann Gulch with a friend to see if we could locate the marker that Voight had shown me in 2003. See what we discovered: Click here to watch the 3.5 minute video. An excellent video . . . During the spring of 2002 an excellent 2 hour program called "Fire Wars" (NOVA) was shown on PBS. It told about the past, present, and future of fighting forest fires. It featured a 15-20 minute segment on the Mann Gulch Fire, including a computer simulation and a reenactment. You can help support this web site by ordering the video. To check it out, type the words "Fire Wars" into the Amazon.com icon and then click "GO".
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Left: Mann
Gulch historian, Steve Voight, enjoys a
discussion with several teachers near the
location where Dodge set the controversial
escape fire. The turn-around point (#6) is actually not where I have it labeled on this photo. It is closer to the river and farther from the bottom of the gulch (my bad).
