What is the name of the man who created the Savenac Nursery Historic District and also helped fight the Great Fire of 1910?
Great Fire of 1910 The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup, the Big Burn, or the Devil's Broom fire) was a wildfire in the western United States that burned about 3000000 acre in northeast Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana.
Benjamin Franklin Yoakum Benjamin Franklin Yoakum (August 20, 1859 – November 28, 1929) was a visionary railroad executive of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who attempted to join the Frisco and Rock Island Railroads into a great system stretching from Chicago to Mexico. In 1909, when Yoakum controlled 17,500 miles of railroad, "Railway World" magazine called him an "empire builder" who had done as much for the Southwest as legendary James J. Hill had done for the Northwest.