In the summer of 1910, hundreds of wildfires raged across the Northern Rockies.
Watch Chapter 1 of The Big Burn.
It would be the "Biggest Thing on Earth," the salvation of the common man, a dam and irrigation project that would provide a source of cheap power—boosting an entire region of the country.
For the making of the film Grand Coulee Dam, dam operators agreed to open the spillway. Associate Producer Lauren DeFilippo tells the story.
