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[Bed of one-year-old yellow pine trees, Mount Herman Nursery, Pike Nat...

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A natural protective watershed has been destroyed by unscrupulous logg...

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Driving cattle. Three Circle roundup. Custer National Forest, Montana

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First snow of the season in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains...

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Driving cattle. Three Circle roundup. Custer National Forest, Montana

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First snow of the season in the foothills of the Little Belt Mountains...

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Wickiups of the Apache Indians who tend small fields of corn, squash a...

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Rogue River National Forest, Jackson County, Oregon. Trees and clouds

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Rogue River National Forest, Jackson County, Oregon. The Rogue River

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Log truck trailer can b...

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Rogue River National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Hooking cable onto log ...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Truckloads of logs

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. A McGiffart loading mac...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack filing point...

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Rogue River National Forest, Klamath County, Oregon. State Highway 62 ...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Diesel caterpillar trac...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack on truckload...

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Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Fire Control Building, Chugach National ...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... More

Humboldt National Forest Ranger Station. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folkl...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the Ameri... More

Lake Mary in the Inyo National Forest near Mammoth Lakes, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

View of the Truckee River in Tahoe National Forest in Northern Califor...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Joyce Estate, Mary Louise Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3...

Significance: ... this building was completed shortly after the construction of the Main Cabin and the initial three sleeping cabins. It apparently is one of the seven "cottages" mentioned in the "Grand Rapids... More

Joyce Estate, Mary Louise Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3...

Significance: ... this building was completed shortly after the construction of the Main Cabin and the initial three sleeping cabins. It apparently is one of the seven "cottages" mentioned in the "Grand Rapids... More

Joyce Estate, Main Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles ...

Significance: ... the Main Cabin was constructed during the estate's first season in 1917 to serve as a central dining and socializing area for Joyce Family members and their guests. Food preparation occurred ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upaco Unit, Superior Lake Dam, Ashley National F...

Significance: Superior Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s to store water for ir... More

Dolph Toll Road, State Highway 22 vicinity, Sinslaw National Forest, H...

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Dolph Toll Road, State Highway 22 vicinity, Sinslaw National Forest, H...

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Dolph Toll Road, State Highway 22 vicinity, Sinslaw National Forest, H...

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Dolph Toll Road, State Highway 22 vicinity, Sinslaw National Forest, H...

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Pisgah National Forest Inn, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 408.6, Ashevil...

Significance: The Old Pisgath Inn and Cottage is an important complex within the framework of the recreational history of western North Carolina. Among many guests, the Inn was a favorite retreat for the area's... More

Pisgah National Forest Inn, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 408.6, Ashevil...

Significance: The Old Pisgath Inn and Cottage is an important complex within the framework of the recreational history of western North Carolina. Among many guests, the Inn was a favorite retreat for the area's... More

Joyce Estate, Butler's Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mi...

Significance: It presumably took a significant number of servants to maintain the "casual" lifestyle at the Joyce Estate. Given its name, the Butler's Cabin apparently housed one or more of the male staff. ...... More

Joyce Estate, Butler's Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mi...

Significance: It presumably took a significant number of servants to maintain the "casual" lifestyle at the Joyce Estate. Given its name, the Butler's Cabin apparently housed one or more of the male staff. ...... More

Lake Quinault Lodge, Olympic National Forest, Quinault, Grays Harbor C...

Significance: This building is a focal point in association with the rural area and community of Lake Quinault. The main Lodge is a large wood frame structure of two floors surmounted by a steeply pitched asph... More

Joyce Estate, Bathhouse, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles n...

Significance: ... the bathhouse was built about 1920. ... The Bathhouse is the only two-story building on the Joyce Estate. Since its construction, it has been transformed form a utilitarian bathhouse into a s... More

Joyce Estate, B. C. Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...

Significance: ... this cabin was built soon after completion of the Main Cabin and the first three sleeping cabins. It is apparently one of the seven "cottages" mentioned in an article about the estate in the ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Five Point Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Five Point Lake is the largest reservoired body of water in the Yellowstone drainage, and with a crest length of 970 feet, Five Point Lake Dam is the second longest of the earthen dams in the Upal... More

Pisgah National Forest Inn, Workshop-Garage, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepo...

Significance: The workshop/garage is the larger of the two rectangular outbuildings. It has served as a basic support structure for operations at the Old Pisgah complex. Survey number: HABS NC-356-B Building... More

Joyce Estate, Barbeque Pit, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 mile...

Significance: According to former Joyce Estate caretaker Joseph Waleski, Jr., the Barbeque Pit was built "in the late 1940s." ... Constructed of heavily mortared, rubble fieldstone, the Barbeque Pit consists of... More

Joyce Estate, Joyce Cabin, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles...

Significance: Located in the Main Cabin Compound immediately to the north of the Main Cabin, this building was constructed during the estate's first season in 1917 for the use of David Gage Joyce and his wife B... More

Joyce Estate, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles north of Cou...

Significance: During the first three decades of the twentieth century, northern Minnesota's scenic woodland-and-lake region developed a national reputation as a vacation area. As part of this general tourist b... More

Pisgah National Forest Inn, Kalmia Cabin, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost ...

Significance: Southfacing porch allows fullest enjoyment of panoramic scene of mountains, of rhododenrons, of kalmia, and valley tree tops. Closest to the Old Inn, Kalmia Cabin was an overflow resource and also... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Water Lily Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: The Water Lily Lake Dam is the oldest manmade structure to reservoir a natural lake in the Swift Creek drainage. With a crest length of 64 feet, it is the smallest of the dams in the Upalco Unit ... More

High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Long Lake Dam, Wasatch National...

Significance: Construction of Long Lake Dam was undertaken in 1923 by the Provo Reservoir Company to augment water flow through its canal to the pumping station completed that same year at the Jordan Narrows. ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Island Lake Dam, Ashley National Fo...

Significance: Island Lake is one of three high mountain lakes in the Brown Duck Basin dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam itself it representative and relatively well-preserve... More

Laona Ranger Dwelling & Garage, Highway 8, Nicolet National Forest, La...

Significance: The Laona Ranger Dwelling was constructed by local artisans and laborers in 1935 through Economic Recovery Act funding. These two buildings: the ranger dwelling and associated garage, constitute ... More

Laona Ranger Dwelling & Garage, Highway 8, Nicolet National Forest, La...

Significance: The Laona Ranger Dwelling was constructed by local artisans and laborers in 1935 through Economic Recovery Act funding. These two buildings: the ranger dwelling and associated garage, constitute ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Brown Duck Lake Dam, Ashley Nationa...

Significance: Brown Duck Lake is one of three high mountain lakes dammed by the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Company in 1920. The dam is representative, though structurally damaged, and the recent replacemen... More

Sites Homestead, Monongahela National Forest (Tract 390) East of Route...

Significance: The Sites Homestead architecturally reveals the evolution of a mid-nineteenth century, one-room log structure, encased and expanded upon by a frame addition, into a two-story, frame vernacular res... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: Situated picturesquely on the western tip of Milk Lake at the base of a steep mountainside, the Milk Lake Dam is perhaps the most visually striking of the Upalco Unit dams. It is technologically ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Milk Lake Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: Situated picturesquely on the western tip of Milk Lake at the base of a steep mountainside, the Milk Lake Dam is perhaps the most visually striking of the Upalco Unit dams. It is technologically ... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Clements Lake Dam, Ashley National ...

Significance: The largest of the Brown Duck Basin dams, the Clements Lake Dam is a representative, though undistinguished, example of clay core/earth fill technology found in the Upalco Unit. Its principal sig... More

Pisgah National Forest Inn, Tree Top Cabin, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepos...

Significance: Tree-top cabin sits at the top of the property line, a two-story structure with a south-east wing addition. The gabled roof structure is aligned east-west. There are two entrances; the west entran... More

Paulina Lake IOOF Organization Camp, Deschutes National Forest, La Pin...

Significance: The Paulina Lake Organizational camp is composed of 11 log cabins and a lodge constructed during the Great Depression of the 1930's by members of the Bend Chapter of the International Order of the... More

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National F...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... More

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...

Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...

Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Sol...

Significance: The Mt. Gleason facility is significant for several reasons. It was the first Nike unit planned and constructed in the Angeles National Forest, and it operated for the longest period of time amon... More

Joyce Estate, Gun Room, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles no...

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Los Pinetos Nike Missile Site, Santa Clara Road, Los Angeles National ...

Significance: The Los Pinetos NIKE site played an integral role in the Los Angeles Defense Area from 1955 to 1958. Los Pinetos is unique among Nike sites in the Los Angeles area in that the launch, administrat... More

Paulina Lake IOOF Organization Camp, Cabin No. 5, Deschutes National F...

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Naches Ranger Station, Building No. 1526, State Highway 410, South sid...

Survey number: HABS WA-181-E Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest...

Significance: As part of the Queen Mine, this structure is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century mining for precious meta... More

Paulina Lake IOOF Organization Camp, Lodge, Deschutes National Forest,...

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Rosemary Inn, Lodge, Olympic National Forest, Barnes Point, Lake Cresc...

Significance: Rosemary Inn is significant as a representative example of one of a dozen Lake Crescent resorts popular between the 1890s and 1920s. The inn was built on one of the earliest settled tracts of lan... More

Pisgah National Forest Inn, Chinquapin Cabin, Blue Ridge Parkway Milep...

Significance: Provided desirable visitor occupancy space, rustic retreat, allowing privacy and quiet. Survey number: HABS NC-356-E Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction Building/structure date... More

Pisgah National Forest Inn, Laundry Building, Blue Ridge Parkway Milep...

Significance: The Laundry is the smaller of two rectangular outbuildings. It has served as a clothes washing, clothes drying support structure for years at the Old Pisgah Inn complex. Survey number: HABS NC-3... More

Joyce Estate, Ice House, Chippewa National Forest Road 2144, 3 miles n...

Significance: ... the Ice House dates from about 1918, shortly after the first building were erected on the estate. Ice gathered from Trout Lake in the winter cooled food and beverages during the summer, stand... More

Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, SAR-3 Powerhouse, San Bernardino...

Survey number: HAER CA-130-W Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1904 Subsequent Work

Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, SAR-3 Powerhouse, San Bernardino...

Survey number: HAER CA-130-W Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1904 Subsequent Work

Hume Lake Dam, Sequioa National Forest, Hume, Fresno County, CA

Significance: Hume Lake Dam was the world's first reinforced a concrete multiple arch dam. Built to impound reservoir for the Hume-Bennett Lumber Company, today it is the only major surviving structure represe... More

Verde River Sheep Bridge, Spanning Verde River (Tonto National Forest)...

Significance: In 1943, Dr. R.O. Raymond, a physician and sheep rancher from Flagstaff, Arizona, sponsored the construction of Verde River Sheep Bridge on grazing allotment granted to his Flagstaff Sheep Company... More

Verde River Sheep Bridge, Spanning Verde River (Tonto National Forest)...

Significance: In 1943, Dr. R.O. Raymond, a physician and sheep rancher from Flagstaff, Arizona, sponsored the construction of Verde River Sheep Bridge on grazing allotment granted to his Flagstaff Sheep Company... More

Suntop Lookout, Forest Road 510, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest,...

Significance: Suntop Lookout is an element of a National Register thematic group, "USDA Forest Service Fire Lookouts on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest." This group of eight lookouts is associated wit... More

A fine herd of Hereford cattle grazing on the Roosevelt National Fores...

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Teton National Forest, Wyoming. Great Depression public domain photogr...

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Branding fire, Three Circle roundup, Custer National Forest, Montana

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Tourist buying piece of petrified wood near Petrified National Forest,...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjacks sawing up a...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack making a "ru...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack hitching cab...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Diesel caterpillar trac...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Loading logs onto flatc...

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Rogue River National Forest, Jackson County, Oregon. Picnickers. The U...

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Rogue River National Forest, Jackson County, Oregon. The Rogue River

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Willamette National Forest, Lane County, Oregon. McKenzie River, a fam...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Truck driver on logging...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Starting the undercut

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Lewis and Clark National Forest, Meagher County, Montana. First snow o...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack with logs. H...

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Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Lumberjack hitching cab...

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Humboldt National Forest Ranger Station in Paradise Valley Town

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Tropospheric Antennas, Chugach National ...

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High Mountain Dams in Bonneville Unit, Big Elk Lake Dam, Wasatch Natio...

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Dolph Toll Road, State Highway 22 vicinity, Sinslaw National Forest, H...

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