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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

Sunrise Mine, Hall, Granite County, MT

Sunrise Mine, Hall, Granite County, MT

Significance: The property was one of the more successful and longest operating of the dozen or so gold mills established in Granite County. It made significant contribution to the economic and social developme... 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

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

Historic Columbia River Highway, Multnomah Falls Footbridge, Spanning Multnomah Creek, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR

Historic Columbia River Highway, Multnomah Falls Footbridge, Spanning ...

Significance: A reinforced-concrete arch pedestrian bridge over the Lower Multnomah Falls. One of the few bridges constructed on the highway strictly for pedestrian use. Survey number: HAER OR-36-I Building/... 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

Company Creek Bridge No. 2, Spanning Stehekin River, Stehekin, Chelan County, WA

Company Creek Bridge No. 2, Spanning Stehekin River, Stehekin, Chelan ...

Significance: Company Creek Bridge No. 2 (Harlequin Bridge) remains as one of only a few extant timber through trusses in the Pacific Northwest. Its Baltimore type through truss design is also a rarity that ma... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pineau Placer Mining Camp, Reservoir & Cabin, Goldcreek, Powell County, MT

Pineau Placer Mining Camp, Reservoir & Cabin, Goldcreek, Powell County...

Significance: The reservoir and cabin were constructed early in the 20th century by Gus Pineau, who mined placer gold in the area from the 1870 through the 1920s. The Pineau operation was the richest mine on Up... 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

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

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

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

Moonlight Mining Camp, Maxville, Granite County, MT

Moonlight Mining Camp, Maxville, Granite County, MT

Significance: Few mining camps in Montana are as complex, intact, and unaltered as the camp. It is an excellent example of the distinctive characteristics of the type, period, and method of construction inheren... More

Royal Basin Mine & Mill Site, Maxville, Granite County, MT

Royal Basin Mine & Mill Site, Maxville, Granite County, MT

Significance: It was one of the larger outfits in a region noted for numerous and varied mining operations. The intensive development and large-scale investment in the mine made an important contribution to the... More

Shem Dam, Along Santa Clara River on west side of County Road 3184, 0.9 miles north of intersection with Old Highway 91, Ivins, Washington County, UT

Shem Dam, Along Santa Clara River on west side of County Road 3184, 0....

Significance: Shem Dam was built in 1934–35 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as a project sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service, Dixie National Forest. The dam was designed by two Utah engineers: Luther ... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Denver Water utility's headquarters for canyon activities in Waterton Canyon in the now mostly deserted old town of Kassler in Jefferson County, Colorado. The canyon 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 and the U.S. Forest Service. The unchecked foliage in front is an example of xeriscaping, in which native plants and flowers are left to fend for themselves in human environments, as they would in wild places

The Denver Water utility's headquarters for canyon activities in Water...

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

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

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

Inside the Pelican Club Cabin at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment in Carbon County, Wyoming

Inside the Pelican Club Cabin at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorad...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First photographed in 1919, the building was originally built and used by the U.S. Forest Service, likely as an out station where rang... More

View of the rushing South Platte River in Waterton Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado, 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

View of the rushing South Platte River in Waterton Canyon in Jefferson...

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

In full view of some Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, the roaring Strontia Springs Dam in Douglas, County, Colorado, diverts water from a giant reservoir into a 3.4 mile-long tunnel under the mountains to the Foothills Water Treatment Plant near Denver. Completed in 1983, this dam towers 243 feet above the South Platte River streambed, forming a 1.7-mile-long lake with 98 surface acres

In full view of some Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, the roaring Stronti...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Most of this takes place in plain sight of one of metropolitan Denver's favorite workout venues; the 6.2-mile Waterton Canyon Trail th... 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

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

Fishermen try their luck in the South Platte River as it crosses from Douglas into to Jefferson County, Colorado, in Waterton Canyon, south of Denver. The 6.2-mile trail along the canyon, which is managed by the Denver Water utility and the U.S. Forest Service, is one of fitness-conscious Coloradans' favorite hiking, biking, and horseback-riding venues

Fishermen try their luck in the South Platte River as it crosses from ...

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

The roaring Strontia Springs Dam in Douglas, County, Colorado, diverts water from a giant reservoir into a 3.4 mile-long tunnel under the mountains to the Foothills Water Treatment Plant near Denver. Completed in 1983, this dam towers 243 feet above the South Platte River streambed, forming a 1.7-mile-long lake with 98 surface acres

The roaring Strontia Springs Dam in Douglas, County, Colorado, diverts...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Most of this takes place in plain sight of one of metropolitan Denver's favorite workout venues; the 6.2-mile Waterton Canyon Trail th... 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

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