March 1, 1973
Strong winds estimated to have reached up to 50 mph fanned near-dormant slash burning piles into flame and ignited a 15-acre forest fire 20 miles northeast of Sweet Home.
The blaze blackened about seven acres of recently replanted Weyerhaeuser slash land and set numerous spot fires in old growth timber on about eight acres of BLM land.
“Ding-A-Ling Daze,” a retail promotion for Sweet Home, is scheduled for two days in May…