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Why is the disaster called the Frank Slide?

April 26, 2017called disaster frank slide

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Why is the disaster called the Frank Slide?

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The town of Frank was named in 1901, after its founder, Henry Luplin Frank, a businessman from Butte, Montana who saw opportunity with the great coal of the Crowsnest Pass. When the rockslide happened in 1903, it covered a portion of the town of Frank, earning the name the Frank Slide.