I don’t know about you, but history fascinates me. I have come across some resources on the web relating to the history of smokejumping, and I am passing these links on to you. The embedded video above is from the National Archives DVD, Smoke Jumper Training for Airborne Fire Fighting in Missoula, Montana in 1949.
The National Smokejumper Association has an excellent website with a variety of wondeful information about smokejumping. Check it out.
If you are interested in the history behind some of the individual smokejumper bases, check out these sites:
- Grangeville
- McCall
- Missoula where the Missoula history page includes a link where you can go for more information about the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire.
- Redmond.
Old, outdate links removed (8/2/15), sorry. I'll work on an updated article on the history of smokejumpers with (hopefully) more current information and links.
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Great post! You should also check out some of the Smokejumping history resources at the Forest History Society. A recent post on their blog about Mann Gulch links to some of their online sources:
August 5, 1949: Mann Gulch Tragedy
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