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Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosem...

Significance: The second road to reach Yosemite Valley, the Big Oak Flat Road is significant for associations with early Yosemite transportation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N838... More

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

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

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road, State Highway 63 to Rainbow Point, Tropic, Garfield County, UT

Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road, State Highway 63 to Rainbow Point...

Significance: Development of the Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road was promoted in part by the Union Pacific Railroad as a component in their plan combining train and automobile travel to create a "tourist lo... More

Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road, State Highway 63 to Rainbow Point, Tropic, Garfield County, UT

Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road, State Highway 63 to Rainbow Point...

Significance: Development of the Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road was promoted in part by the Union Pacific Railroad as a component in their plan combining train and automobile travel to create a "tourist lo... More

View of Mormon Lake, a perennially partially dry large lakebed in North Central Arizona, southeast of Flagstaff

View of Mormon Lake, a perennially partially dry large lakebed in Nort...

As the United States Forest Service puts it, it "is the largest natural lake in Arizona . . . sometimes. During droughts it's frequently not so large, and not so much a lake. Occasionally it's even bone dry. We... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger District, U.S. Highway 2, Leavenworth, Chelan County, WA

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger Distri...

Significance: The Leavenworth Ranger Station Office #2084 is part of a thematic group listed on the National Register of Historic Places, comprised of U.S. Forest Service administrative structures built between... More

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger District, U.S. Highway 2, Leavenworth, Chelan County, WA

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger Distri...

Significance: The Leavenworth Ranger Station Office #2084 is part of a thematic group listed on the National Register of Historic Places, comprised of U.S. Forest Service administrative structures built between... More

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & 86, Lampe, Stone County, MO

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & ...

Significance: The Wilderness Tower Site is a Civilian Conservation Corps-built, U.S. Forest Service fire lookout station which included a 100-foot, standard plan, steel lookout tower, in addition to a towerman'... More

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & 86, Lampe, Stone County, MO

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & ...

Significance: The Wilderness Tower Site is a Civilian Conservation Corps-built, U.S. Forest Service fire lookout station which included a 100-foot, standard plan, steel lookout tower, in addition to a towerman'... More

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & 86, Lampe, Stone County, MO

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & ...

Significance: The Wilderness Tower Site is a Civilian Conservation Corps-built, U.S. Forest Service fire lookout station which included a 100-foot, standard plan, steel lookout tower, in addition to a towerman'... More

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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

Clearwater Beach Bathhouse, Noblett Lake Recreation Area, Clearwater Beach access road, Vanzant, Douglas County, MO

Clearwater Beach Bathhouse, Noblett Lake Recreation Area, Clearwater B...

Significance: The Clearwater Beach Picnic Area, with the bathhouse, picnic shelter, associated buildings, lake and picnic area, is illustrative of the scenic settings found in the public works projects of the D... More

Mount Rainier National Park Roads & Bridges, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Mount Rainier National Park Roads & Bridges, Longmire, Pierce County, ...

Significance: The Mount Rainier National Park road system reflects its evolution from a primitive road providing access to Paradise Valley into a modern system of scenic highways and lesser access roads. The f... More

Hornet Ranger Station, Forest Service Road No. 50002, Council, Adams County, ID

Hornet Ranger Station, Forest Service Road No. 50002, Council, Adams C...

Significance: In 1905, the remote site contained a dwelling and barn of frame construction. These buildings were used as an early ranger station and administrative outpost of the Weiser National Forest, establ... More

Office Bridge, Spanning North Fork of Middle Fork Willamette River, Old Mill Road (former logging road), Westfir, Lane County, OR

Office Bridge, Spanning North Fork of Middle Fork Willamette River, Ol...

Significance: Built in 1944 to provide access to the Westfir Lumber Company mill site, Office Bridge is the largest covered bridge in Oregon and a significant artifact of the state's lumber industry. It is one... More

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price County, WI

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price ...

Significance: The Round Lake Logging Dam is one of the few remaining early artifacts of Wisconsin's logging industry. It was built during the industry's log driving and log booming stages when cut timber was c... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road, State Highway 63 to Rainbow Point, Tropic, Garfield County, UT

Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road, State Highway 63 to Rainbow Point...

Significance: Development of the Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road was promoted in part by the Union Pacific Railroad as a component in their plan combining train and automobile travel to create a "tourist lo... More

A diversion dam slows the waters of the South Platte River in Waterton Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado, in plain sight of one of metropolitan Denver's favorite workout venues. It's the wide canyon trail where bicylists, hikers, walkers, and horseback riders exercise in a beautiful, invigorating, patrolled environment managed by Denver Water, the city's public water utility, and the U.S. Forest Service

A diversion dam slows the waters of the South Platte River in Waterton...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

View of Mormon Lake, a perennially partially dry large lakebed in North Central Arizona, southeast of Flagstaff

View of Mormon Lake, a perennially partially dry large lakebed in Nort...

As the United States Forest Service puts it, it "is the largest natural lake in Arizona . . . sometimes. During droughts it's frequently not so large, and not so much a lake. Occasionally it's even bone dry. We... More

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger District, U.S. Highway 2, Leavenworth, Chelan County, WA

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger Distri...

Significance: The Leavenworth Ranger Station Office #2084 is part of a thematic group listed on the National Register of Historic Places, comprised of U.S. Forest Service administrative structures built between... More

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & 86, Lampe, Stone County, MO

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & ...

Significance: The Wilderness Tower Site is a Civilian Conservation Corps-built, U.S. Forest Service fire lookout station which included a 100-foot, standard plan, steel lookout tower, in addition to a towerman'... More

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & 86, Lampe, Stone County, MO

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & ...

Significance: The Wilderness Tower Site is a Civilian Conservation Corps-built, U.S. Forest Service fire lookout station which included a 100-foot, standard plan, steel lookout tower, in addition to a towerman'... More

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & 86, Lampe, Stone County, MO

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & ...

Significance: The Wilderness Tower Site is a Civilian Conservation Corps-built, U.S. Forest Service fire lookout station which included a 100-foot, standard plan, steel lookout tower, in addition to a towerman'... More

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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

Clearwater Beach Bathhouse, Noblett Lake Recreation Area, Clearwater Beach access road, Vanzant, Douglas County, MO

Clearwater Beach Bathhouse, Noblett Lake Recreation Area, Clearwater B...

Significance: The Clearwater Beach Picnic Area, with the bathhouse, picnic shelter, associated buildings, lake and picnic area, is illustrative of the scenic settings found in the public works projects of the D... More

Office Bridge, Spanning North Fork of Middle Fork Willamette River, Old Mill Road (former logging road), Westfir, Lane County, OR

Office Bridge, Spanning North Fork of Middle Fork Willamette River, Ol...

Significance: Built in 1944 to provide access to the Westfir Lumber Company mill site, Office Bridge is the largest covered bridge in Oregon and a significant artifact of the state's lumber industry. It is one... More

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price County, WI

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price ...

Significance: The Round Lake Logging Dam is one of the few remaining early artifacts of Wisconsin's logging industry. It was built during the industry's log driving and log booming stages when cut timber was c... More

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosem...

Significance: The second road to reach Yosemite Valley, the Big Oak Flat Road is significant for associations with early Yosemite transportation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N838... More

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosem...

Significance: The second road to reach Yosemite Valley, the Big Oak Flat Road is significant for associations with early Yosemite transportation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N838... More

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosem...

Significance: The second road to reach Yosemite Valley, the Big Oak Flat Road is significant for associations with early Yosemite transportation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N838... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road, State Highway 63 to Rainbow Point, Tropic, Garfield County, UT

Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road, State Highway 63 to Rainbow Point...

Significance: Development of the Bryce Canyon National Park Rim Road was promoted in part by the Union Pacific Railroad as a component in their plan combining train and automobile travel to create a "tourist lo... More

Young Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep rams calmly share the Waterton Canyon trail with human outdoor enthusiasts. The wide, scenic trail in Jefferson County, Colorado, is one of metropolitan Denver's favorite workout venues, where bicylists, hikers, walkers, and horseback riders exercise in a beautiful, invigorating, patrolled environment managed by Denver Water, the city's public water utility, and the U.S. Forest Service

Young Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep rams calmly share the Waterton Cany...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger District, U.S. Highway 2, Leavenworth, Chelan County, WA

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger Distri...

Significance: The Leavenworth Ranger Station Office #2084 is part of a thematic group listed on the National Register of Historic Places, comprised of U.S. Forest Service administrative structures built between... More

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger District, U.S. Highway 2, Leavenworth, Chelan County, WA

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger Distri...

Significance: The Leavenworth Ranger Station Office #2084 is part of a thematic group listed on the National Register of Historic Places, comprised of U.S. Forest Service administrative structures built between... More

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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

Hornet Ranger Station, Forest Service Road No. 50002, Council, Adams County, ID

Hornet Ranger Station, Forest Service Road No. 50002, Council, Adams C...

Significance: In 1905, the remote site contained a dwelling and barn of frame construction. These buildings were used as an early ranger station and administrative outpost of the Weiser National Forest, establ... More

Hornet Ranger Station, Forest Service Road No. 50002, Council, Adams County, ID

Hornet Ranger Station, Forest Service Road No. 50002, Council, Adams C...

Significance: In 1905, the remote site contained a dwelling and barn of frame construction. These buildings were used as an early ranger station and administrative outpost of the Weiser National Forest, establ... More

Office Bridge, Spanning North Fork of Middle Fork Willamette River, Old Mill Road (former logging road), Westfir, Lane County, OR

Office Bridge, Spanning North Fork of Middle Fork Willamette River, Ol...

Significance: Built in 1944 to provide access to the Westfir Lumber Company mill site, Office Bridge is the largest covered bridge in Oregon and a significant artifact of the state's lumber industry. It is one... More

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

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

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Mullan Road Segment, Saint Regis, Mineral County, MT

Mullan Road Segment, Saint Regis, Mineral County, MT

Significance: Although the military road never functioned as such, it did become a popular thoroughfare for emigrants and fortune seekers during the gold rushes in the 1860s and for a few years thereafter. Pred... More

Pineau Placer Mining Camp, Goldcreek, Powell County, MT

Pineau Placer Mining Camp, Goldcreek, Powell County, MT

Significance: The camp was constructed at an early date (1890s or shortly thereafter), and for three decades was associated with Gus Pineau, a well-known miner in the area. Up until the 1940s, the Pineau operat... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger District, U.S. Highway 2, Leavenworth, Chelan County, WA

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger Distri...

Significance: The Leavenworth Ranger Station Office #2084 is part of a thematic group listed on the National Register of Historic Places, comprised of U.S. Forest Service administrative structures built between... More

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger District, U.S. Highway 2, Leavenworth, Chelan County, WA

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger Distri...

Significance: The Leavenworth Ranger Station Office #2084 is part of a thematic group listed on the National Register of Historic Places, comprised of U.S. Forest Service administrative structures built between... More

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger District, U.S. Highway 2, Leavenworth, Chelan County, WA

Leavenworth Ranger Station, Office No. 2084, Leavenworth Ranger Distri...

Significance: The Leavenworth Ranger Station Office #2084 is part of a thematic group listed on the National Register of Historic Places, comprised of U.S. Forest Service administrative structures built between... More

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & 86, Lampe, Stone County, MO

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & ...

Significance: The Wilderness Tower Site is a Civilian Conservation Corps-built, U.S. Forest Service fire lookout station which included a 100-foot, standard plan, steel lookout tower, in addition to a towerman'... More

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & 86, Lampe, Stone County, MO

Wilderness Tower Site, East of intersection of Missouri Highways 13 & ...

Significance: The Wilderness Tower Site is a Civilian Conservation Corps-built, U.S. Forest Service fire lookout station which included a 100-foot, standard plan, steel lookout tower, in addition to a towerman'... More

Mount Gleason Nike Missile Site, Angeles National Forest, South of Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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 Soledad Canyon, Sylmar, Los Angeles County, CA

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

Clearwater Beach Bathhouse, Noblett Lake Recreation Area, Clearwater Beach access road, Vanzant, Douglas County, MO

Clearwater Beach Bathhouse, Noblett Lake Recreation Area, Clearwater B...

Significance: The Clearwater Beach Picnic Area, with the bathhouse, picnic shelter, associated buildings, lake and picnic area, is illustrative of the scenic settings found in the public works projects of the D... More

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price County, WI

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price ...

Significance: The Round Lake Logging Dam is one of the few remaining early artifacts of Wisconsin's logging industry. It was built during the industry's log driving and log booming stages when cut timber was c... More

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price County, WI

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price ...

Significance: The Round Lake Logging Dam is one of the few remaining early artifacts of Wisconsin's logging industry. It was built during the industry's log driving and log booming stages when cut timber was c... More

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosem...

Significance: The second road to reach Yosemite Valley, the Big Oak Flat Road is significant for associations with early Yosemite transportation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N838... More

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosem...

Significance: The second road to reach Yosemite Valley, the Big Oak Flat Road is significant for associations with early Yosemite transportation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N838... More

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

Big Oak Flat Road, Between Big Oak Flat Entrance & Merced River, Yosem...

Significance: The second road to reach Yosemite Valley, the Big Oak Flat Road is significant for associations with early Yosemite transportation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N838... More

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

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

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

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

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, Coconino County, AZ

Grand Canyon Village Utilities, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Cany...

Significance: The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) was largely responsible for the development of Grand Canyon Village throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The railroad company... More

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