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On September 1, 1894, an incredible fire raged in East Central Minnesota. In only four hours, over 300,000 acres -- 480 square miles -- of Minnesota lay in smoldering ruins.
Come visit the Hinckley Fire Museum to find out what happened, who lived, and who died.
The red glow of this fire was visible in Mason City, Iowa, and from central Wisconsin to the South Dakota border.
The St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Depot, rebuilt immediately after the fire, houses a range of exhibits and features a dramatic mural of the fire, painted by artist Cliff Letty.