[Listref] Hayman fire - started by a burning letter
I saw her on the local TV last week, saying again that she was upset and burned 'a letter from her husband' and thought it was out before she left the campfire ring... http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_1656225,00.html CRIPPLE CREEK - Terry Lynn Barton, the U.S. Forest Service worker who already pleaded guilty to federal charges of starting the state's largest wildfire last June, pleaded guilty Monday to state arson charges... ...Barton admitted starting the fire June 8 by burning a letter in Pike National Forest on a "red-flag day" (a forest service term for windy, dry days with high fire danger). "Ring of Fire" Indeed Maru :P __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Listref] Hayman Fire
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Exactly! _Little House On The Prairie_; the fire > may have been set by the Indians before their big > > migration, to make it easier for the travois to be > > pulled, and something about encouraging new grass > > growth for their ponies... IIRC. > > > > The Cover Had Laura Racing Bareback Flatout Maru > > I thought that _On the Shores of Silver Lake_ was > the one with her > riding bareback flat-out, and that _Little House on > the Prairie_ had the > picture of her looking out the back of the covered > wagon. (And it was > _Little Town on the Prairie_ that had the sisters > with the kitten, and I > could probably describe a number of other covers, > but probably nobody else is interested) Oooh, I think you're right! (But it *is* typical of me that the cover I'd remember first has a horse on it... :D ) I never read _Little Town'_, or several others (First 4, Happy Golden etc) so I missed the episode with the kittens... My best friend and I, after reading about the incident with the Indians and the prairie fire, not only gave ourselves 'Indian' names, but had a newcomer girl convinced that we were adopted 'off the reservation.' (Well, also after seeing Disney's "Tonka Wakan" (sp?) about the lone survivor of Custer's debacle - the horse Comanche.) ;) We Spoke With Forked Tongues Maru __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Listref] Hayman Fire
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > "Prairie fire that would outrace a horse" Maru > > > (from another 'Little House' book) > > > > Which one? I'm trying to remember, and about all I > > *can* remember is > > something about Pa plowing a firebreak around the > > house, and after the > > fire swept through, the house being on a little > > island in a sea of char > > Exactly! _Little House On The Prairie_; the fire may > have been set by the Indians before their big > migration, to make it easier for the travois to be > pulled, and something about encouraging new grass > growth for their ponies... IIRC. > > The Cover Had Laura Racing Bareback Flatout Maru I thought that _On the Shores of Silver Lake_ was the one with her riding bareback flat-out, and that _Little House on the Prairie_ had the picture of her looking out the back of the covered wagon. (And it was _Little Town on the Prairie_ that had the sisters with the kitten, and I could probably describe a number of other covers, but probably nobody else is interested) Julia Book-intensive Girlhood Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Listref] Hayman Fire
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > "Prairie fire that would outrace a horse" Maru > > (from another 'Little House' book) > > Which one? I'm trying to remember, and about all I > *can* remember is > something about Pa plowing a firebreak around the > house, and after the > fire swept through, the house being on a little > island in a sea of char Exactly! _Little House On The Prairie_; the fire may have been set by the Indians before their big migration, to make it easier for the travois to be pulled, and something about encouraging new grass growth for their ponies... IIRC. The Cover Had Laura Racing Bareback Flatout Maru __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Listref] Hayman Fire
Deborah Harrell wrote: > "Prairie fire that would outrace a horse" Maru > (from another 'Little House' book) Which one? I'm trying to remember, and about all I *can* remember is something about Pa plowing a firebreak around the house, and after the fire swept through, the house being on a little island in a sea of char Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
[Listref] Hayman Fire
Update on the biggest fire in recorded Colorado history: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E1032869,00.html?search=filter "Terry Lynn Barton will serve five to 10 years in federal prison for starting the largest wildfire in Colorado history if a plea agreement is approved today... "The former U.S. Forest Service employee faced 17 to 65 years in federal prison and a $750,000 fine after prosecutors said she admitted setting the 138,000-acre Hayman fire outside of Lake George, in the Pike National Forest south of Denver, on June 8... "Barton told federal investigators June 15 that she accidentally started the fire while burning a letter from her estranged husband in a fire ring. She tried to put it out but was unable to, she said, because of tinder-dry forest conditions caused by the drought." I see that Sydney is in even worse straits (if the BBC is correct). "Prairie fire that would outrace a horse" Maru (from another 'Little House' book) __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
