Tillamook Burn Country : a pictorial history

The Tillamook Burn is known around the world as the scene of one of the greatest natural disasters of all time. More than sixty years ago the 400-year-old Oregon forest was destroyed with unbelievable ferocity, likened to an atomic blast. Almost overnight, a way of life was wiped out.This also is the story of how this sprawling, rugged corner of sorthwest Oregon was brought back to life after many said it could never happen.