{"id":3472,"date":"2021-02-03T11:49:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/?p=3472"},"modified":"2021-06-03T10:17:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T16:17:18","slug":"stories-of-humboldt-the-mcnab-flour-mill-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/stories-of-humboldt-the-mcnab-flour-mill-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories of Humboldt: The McNab Flour Mill Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-63px||||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5>A Fateful Fire<\/h5>\n<p>The McNab Flour Mill was destroyed by fire in 1956. The McNab mill had been in operation since 1913 and had been instrumental in the growth of the town. It would\u00a0 be rebuilt by Wilf Chamney as the Humboldt Flour Mill and begin operations in 1957.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-55px||||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Strange but true: McNab Flour Mill once advertised on the side of a live elephant in a parade down Humboldt\u2019s Main Street during WWI.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2006.68.23-McNab-elephants.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;2006.68.23 McNab elephants&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-34px||||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fateful Fire The McNab Flour Mill was destroyed by fire in 1956. The McNab mill had been in operation since 1913 and had been instrumental in the growth of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_wp_stack_schedule":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3472"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3498,"href":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3472\/revisions\/3498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/humboldtmuseum.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}