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Firefighters watch as an air tanker drops fire retardant over the Ferguson Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest, near Yosemite National Park, on July 21st, 2018.

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Smoke from the fire has created dangerous air-quality conditions in Yosemite Valley.

Inmate firefighters battle the Ferguson fire in Jerseydale, California, on July 22nd, 2018. A fire that claimed the life of one firefighter and injured two others near California's Yosemite National Park has almost doubled in size in three days, authorities said Friday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the so-called Ferguson fire had spread to an area of 22,892 acres, and was so far only 7 percent contained.

Inmate firefighters battle the Ferguson fire in Jerseydale, California, on July 22nd, 2018.

By Pacific Standard Staff

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How one pioneering photographer captured the American West before its ruin—and before his own.

By Jacob Mikanowski

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"No mountain top could be better placed."