Hoonah Fire, Alaska
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N 58° 06.527 W 135° 26.178
8V E 474289 N 6440904
The entire town burned down!
Waymark Code: WM3E13
Location: Alaska, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2008
Views: 33
Plaques text:
In 1944 a fire destroyed the Snail house and most of downtown Hoonah. In a disaster such as a fire or death, it was the job of the opposite clan to replace the lost objects or make funeral arrangements. Upon completion, the opposite clan would be repayed one year later at a Koo.eex', or potlatch. David Williams and Willie Marks, artists from the Chookaneidi (the T'akdeintaan's ideal opposites, the Eagle Brown Bear Clan) created many of the replacement pieces of at.oow, or sacred (literally "paid for") objects destroyed in the fire.
Type of Structure: other
Other: The entire town!
Fire Date: 06/14/1944
Structure status: Plaque
Cause of Fire:
The Hoonah fire was started by two women smoking salmon underneath a house in Hoonah.
Documentation of the fire: [Web Link]
Construction Date: Not listed
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