Upham lists Lawler as the source of the Great 1918 Forest Fire.
LAWLER , a village in Salo Township, section 19; developed as a sawmill town; in 1910 the Soo Line came through as one connecting point between the Crosby iron mines and Duluth, with Lawler Junction in section 24. On October 12, 1918, sparks from a train smokestack just west of Lawler started a fire, which winds spread to Moose Lake and Cloquet, and destroyed all of the village except for Charlie Spicola's store and the Lawler Hotel. A post office operated 1909-64.
A modern communication tower has replaced the old Fire Lookout Tower.
Houses the communications equiptment.
Road into the old Lookout Tower site.
View near the entrance to the old Lookout Tower site.