!Divorce of first marriage of Ed Pulaski asserted on
page 83 of 2009 popular paperback
THE BIG BURN by Timothy Egan
(Ed Pulaski was a hero of forest fire 1910, subject of the paperback book);

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Emma Zenobia Pulaski

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Birth:
Nov. 4, 1867
Michigan, USA
Death:
Mar. 11, 1948
Kootenai County
Idaho, USA

Wife of Big Ed Pulaski, they married in 1900 and lived in Burke, Shoshone
County, Idaho during early marriage years. They had a daughter together named
Elsia C. Pulaski, aka "Elsie." During the time of the fire, they lived in
Wallace. Emma wrote a seven page essay "My Experience as a Forest Ranger Wife"
after Ed's death. Her husband is famous for two things in the realm of fighting
wild fires: Developing the Pulaski tool used still today by the USDA Forest
Service; Saving 40 lives in the Great 1910 Fire, by leading his fire fighting
crew into an abandoned mine up Moon Pass Road. Daughter, Elsia, married on 18
Dec 1920 in Wallace to John Feroglia.

Sources:
1. Internment.com, Cemetery Transcription Library, Forest Cemetery, Kootenai
County, Couer d'Alene, Idaho, accessed 7/292006,
http://www.interment.net/data/us/id/kootenai/forest/index.htm; 2. Book, "Year
of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910" by Stephen J. Pyne,
published 2001,2002 by Penguin Books; 3. Big Ed Pulaski and the Big Blow Up, by
Gerald W. Williams, the national historian for the USDA Forest Service,
Washington,DC., accessed 7/29/2006,
http://myweb.cebridge.net/roizen/FMT-pulaski.pdf 4. U.S.Census Records for
1900, 1920 and 1930; 5. Idaho Marriages 1842-1996

Family links:
Spouse:
Edward C. Pulaski (1866 - 1931)*

Burial:
Forest Cemetery
Coeur d'Alene
Kootenai County
Idaho, USA
Plot: Section E, Block 40, Lot 6

Created by: L Pritchett
Record added: Jul 29, 2006
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Edward C. "Big Ed" Pulaski

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Birth:
Feb., 1866
Ohio, USA
Death:
Feb. 2, 1931
Kootenai County
Idaho, USA

Inventor. Hero of Great 1910 Fire of USA Pacific Northwest. Among the
first-ever US Forest Service Rangers. Developed Pulaski Tool still used today
by USDA Forest Service Rangers across USA. Saved lives of forty forest fire
fighters by holding crew at gunpoint in abandoned mine tunnel near Wallace,
Idaho. All men overcome by smoke and passed-out. Five died. Ever after, he
carried the scars on his hands and face from keeping fire at tunnel entrance.
All tunnel survivors spent months in hospital. Respiratory difficulties
remainder of their lives from fire injuries. 1910 fire destroyed nearly 5,000
square miles in two-day firestorm pushed by 80 mile per hour winds. Eighty-plus
people died. Pulaski arrived in Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho at age sixteen,
working mines and mills for 25 years. USDA Forest Service Ranger 2 years when
fire occurred. Married and had a daughter named Elsia C. Pulaski, aka: "Elsi."
Monument to him and all fire fighters of 1910 fire, outside Wallace, Idaho on
Moon Pass road to Avery, Idaho. Monument online photo at:
http://www.wildlandfire.com. Died in auto accident. High Desert Museum in Bend,
Oregon, has extensive exhibit on USDA Forest Service history, featuring Big Ed
Pulaski.

Sources: 1. The Big Burn of 1910: A Missoulian Special Section, Mountains of
Fire, by Sherry Devlin, published 2000 Missoulian, A Lee Enterprise
Publication, accessed 7/27/2006, http://www.missoulian.com; 2. AOL.Hometown,
Wallace,Idaho, accessed 7/25/2006, http://hometown.aol/Gibson0817/wallace.htm;
3. The Spokesman Review, Spokane, Washington, 8/20/2004, article: City readies
tour of cemetery celebs, by James Hagenruber, accessed 7/29/2006,
http://www.findarticles.com; 4. The Online Encyclopediea of Washington State
History, Timeline Library, accessed 7/26/2006, www.historylink.org; 5. Book,
"Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910" by Stephen J. Pyne,
published 2001,2002 by Penguin Books; 6. Big Ed Pulaski and the Big Blow Up, by
Gerald W. Williams, the national historian for the USDA Forest Service,
Washington,DC., accessed 7/29/2006, http://myweb.cebridge.net; 7. Personal
visit by submitter to the High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend, OR.
97702, on 7/3/2005; 1900, 1920 and 1930 U.S. Census

Family links:
Spouse:
Emma Zenobia Pulaski (1867 - 1948)

Burial:
Forest Cemetery
Coeur d'Alene
Kootenai County
Idaho, USA
Plot: Section E, Block 40, Lot 6

Created by: L Pritchett
Record added: Jul 29, 2006
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Name:
Edward Pulaski
Age:
15
Birth Year:
abt 1865
Birthplace:
Ohio
Home in 1880:
Marshall, Saline, Missouri
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Relation to Head of House:
Son
Father's Name:
Rudolph Pulaski
Father's Birthplace:
Poland
Mother's Name:
Selia Pulaski
Mother's Birthplace:
Ohio
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Name
Age
Rudolph Pulaski
48
Selia Pulaski
45
Edward Pulaski
15
Emma Pulaski
10
George Pulaski
7
Mary Pulaski
6

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Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Marshall, Saline, Missouri; Roll:
717; Family History Film: 1254717; Page: 680B; Enumeration District: 268;
Image: 0141. ;

• Divorced: Y
• Married: 27 SEP 1898 in ,White,Indiana

• Married: 7 FEB 1900 in Wallace,Shoshone,ID

1. Elsia Elsie Cecelia_Celia PULASKI b: 14 JUL 1902 in Burke,Shoshone,ID