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Fire departments competed in hose-cart and ladder-climbing contests for cash prizes. Teams started with the clang of a fire bell and ran to the hosehouse. Racing against time, they laid hose to a hydrant, climbed ladders to the roof of a building and sprayed it with water.


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"Our gallant firemen, guardians of our property, men who may be at any moment called upon to fight one of the most destructive elements known. Can we say or do too much for the gallant men who at any moment of the day or night, in all kinds of weather, will rush to combat, and even risk their lives for the protection of our property?"
[Georgetown Courier, 1878]



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In celebration, Ouray fire fighters posed in dress uniforms with a decorated steam wagon.

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Every town's fire department tried to outdo the others with uniforms and decorations.



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