Conroe Remembers the Fire of 1911 And Recognizes an Extraordinary Step toward Fire Prevention

During a cold front that blew through Conroe Texas on the evening of February 21, 1911, a wind-driven fire broke out that quickly jumped from one building to another. Conroe’s volunteer firefighters worked tirelessly alongside downtown merchants and townspeople to save what they could. By dawn, the blaze had destroyed all but a handful of the buildings in downtown Conroe.

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