9 25 12 top of the thumb

warmer and sunny. Lots of lighthouse and shipping history in this area of the state. . The whole thumb was burned by a wild fire in 1871 by what is called a topping fire. It tore through the forest , just burning the tree tops. It consumed the oxygen so rapidly that many of the victims died from lack of oxygen. 10 years later the same area was swept by fire again. This time it was the rubble left from clear cutting the timber. The burned tree pictures are left from that fire 131 years ago. Where we're staying today as the site of a large, steam powered saw mill. They shipped a plank of clear pine 16 feet long....49inches wide and 4 inches thick...They don't make trees like that anymore.