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A view of the Homestake Fire on October 18th (the fire burned from October 17 to 20, 1991) from the S curve on Hwy 24. "Though threatening, the Homestake Fire swept quickly through its high-terrain tinderbox and actually provided a helpful burn-off of ground grasses that may promote and fertilize the area's prime wildlife forage. At one point, according to firefighters at the scene, the fire traveled 30-feet per minute and was stoked periodically...
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Kelley property up Homestake Rd., Forest Service Road 703. Ray Kelley had built a two story house and several other cabins between 1947 and his death in 1978. He had several mining claims in the area. The Forest Service dismantled the two story house after his death. Ray Kelley walked into Red Cliff in the 1940s, pulling a red wagon, to do his grocery shopping. This area is a popular picnic spot, with elk hunting in the big park above the cabin...
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From left, Quinn, Buster and Bud Beck, perched on rocks possibly at lower Homestake near the white wooden horse bridge at the trailhead to Peterson gulch and Fall Creek.