In 1867 the gold rush town of Barkerville, at the time the largest city west of Chicago and north of San Francisco, was almost entirely demolished in a raging fire. Nearly the entire town was wiped out. Thankfully there were no fatalities despite the fire brigade/social club only using buckets. However, in todays episode we'll learn about what happened in the moments before and after this tragedy thanks to first hand accounts, learn about how it was entirely preventable despite the belief of a special kind of wood, and how the town was never really the same again.