Minnesota Experience — Season 1, Episode 4: Fires of 1918

Episode synopsis

The horror and hardship of the great Minnesota fires of 1918 are hard to imagine 100-years later. Ten communities were destroyed and dozens more were damaged in an inferno that covered an 1,800-square mile area. The date October 12, 1918 will forever be remembered in this part of the world as a date that didn't just make history, but erased history.

About Minnesota Experience

For decades, Twin Cities PBS (TPT) has dived into the whitewater of bygone eras and emerged with insight about our shared past and values as Minnesotans. Tapping into TPT’s rich archive of historical stories and adding new ones to the fold, Minnesota Experience holds the mirror of history up to the modern moment as a force that can forever change who we are and who we want to be.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Flour Power
• E2Lost Twin Cities III
• E3Cornerstones: A History of North Minneapolis
• E5Lost Twin Cities 4
• E6Glensheen and the Congdon Legacy
• E7Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian
• E8The People's Protectors
• E9MN in the 70's
• E10The Fabulous Ice Age
• E11Hmong Pioneers: Honoring the First Wave
• E12Restoring The People's House
• E13Tales of the Road