Carson National Forest Historical Photographs

from the Southwestern Regional Office files in Albuquerque


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1. 1957—Visitors read the rustic forest entrance sign at Red River Pass.
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2. 1939—Taos Indian Pueblo with Pueblo Mountain in the background.
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3. 1941—A wood hauler pauses along the Rio Pueblo.
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4. 1932—Blue Lake.
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5. 1949—The ancient town of Taos, New Mexico.
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6. 1903—Forest Service Survey Camp IV in the valley of Vermejo River.
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7. 1941—A typical woodpile in Las Trampas.
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8. 1941—A Molybdenum mine near Red River.
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9. 1940—
Hardening an earthen threshing floor by driving goats around it.
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10. 1939—The Hispanic town of Vallecitos, New Mexico.
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11. 1941—A farmer near Rio Hondo mowing oats for winter feed.
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12. 1923—
Remains of an old Mexican water mill.
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13. 1941—A farmer rests his feet in an irrigation flume near Las Trampas.
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14. 1939—Cooks at a fire camp. CCC men at the Pueblo Canyon Fire.
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15. 1923—Dr. Egglestone on the pony chasing poison weed on the Carson National Forest.
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16. 1934—Show Boat at Vallecitos CCC Camp.
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17. 1939— Ranger R. L. Ground talking over business with J. M. Sanistevan, a sheep owner.
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  18. 1939— Clarence A. Merker, Forest Supervisor, at work in his office.
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19. 1933—Foot bridge, built by CCC Tres Ritos Camp, across the Rio Pueblo.300 Resolution (tif, 1.5 mb)
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  20. 1923— Forest Officers inspect an improvement on the El Rito-Canjilon Project.300 Resolution (tif, 1.5 mb)
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21. n.d.—New Standard Corduroy on Canjilon Trail.
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22. 1937—A truck shovel loading gravel for road surfacing.
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23. 1915—Construction of protection ditches by Forest Service workers
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24. 1946—At timberline on the Blue Lake Trail.
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25. 1941—Allotment fence and guard rails near Tusas.
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26. 1941—Water flume above a molybdenum mill.
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27. 1923—A team is passing an auto at a turnout on U.S. Hill Road.
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28. 1955—A point on the Tres-Piedras road, approximately 0.3 mile west of the divide.
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29. n.d.—The Carson National Forest Supervisor's Office in Taos, New Mexico.
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30. 1932—Penasco Ranger Station Group.
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31. 1946—Tres Piedras Ranger Station.
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32. 1938—The lookout tower on Kiowa Mountain, erected in 1923.
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33. 1939—Ranger L. P. Martinez at work in his office located in Taos, New Mexico.
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34. 1948—Old Borracho Ranger Station, Carson National Forest.
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35. 1923—Looking west along the Rio Pueblo Road about 5.5 miles from Holman. 300 Resolution (tif, 1.5 mb)
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36. 1950—A show-me trip of reseeding work on the Carson National Forest.
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37. 1914—View of cattle grazing on National Forest range near Tusas Creek.
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38. 1922—Overgrazed range near Tierra Amarilla Grant.
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39. 1938—Sheep grazing on good mountain meadow range.
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40. 1939—Ranger R. L. Ground counting sheep on Tres Piedras Ranger District.
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41. 1950—Two brushland plows hooked in tandem behind a D-7 Cat.
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42. 1946—Characteristic range types of the Jicarilla Division.
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43. 1903—Forestry party moving camp up Rock Creek followed by one of Bartlett's bulls.
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44. 1940—A cow beside Angostura Creek.
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45. 1946—Fishing from the beaver dam which form Upper Canjilon Lake.
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46. 1939—All that remains of the Elizabethtown mining boom, showing placer diggings in background.
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47. 1941—Making picnic tables at CCC camp F-55 near Borracho Ranger Station.
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48. 1939—Camping party at Lagunitas Lake forest camp.
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49. 1939—Fishing party with pack outfit on Sawmill Park Trail from Blue Lake.
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50. 1940—Agua Piedra ski course.
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51. 1939—Hunter with his limit of wild turkey.
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52. 1938—The ski cabin at Agua Piedra, an ERA project.
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  53. 1938—Registry box at La Sombra forest camp, Taos Canyon.
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54. 1923—A range water development, utilizing an old logging railroad fill to impound flood water.
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55. 1939—Fishing in Red River.
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56. 1939—Foot bridge over the Rio Pueblo in winter.300 Resolution (tif, 2.3 mb
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57. 1939—Looking up at Red River Valley from town of Red River toward Monte Vista Guest Ranch.
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58. 1957—Scenic view of the Sangre de Cristo range from an irrigated farm valley north of Taos.
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59. 1923—Bigas Canyon on the Jicarilla Ranger District.
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60. 1937—The Pallisades in Cimarron Canyon.
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61. 1946—Small lake with the burned over, overgrazed, and eroded slopes of Canjilon Mountain in the distance.
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62. 1946—Echo Cave in Navajo Canyon on the Abiquiu-Chama Road.
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63. 1957—A visitor enjoys the fine view down Red River through the Sangre de Cristo range.
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64. 1939—Looking up Red River Canyon to 13,161 feet high Wheeler Peak.
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65. 1946—A dense aspen stand with spruce reproduction underneath.
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66. 1923—Seed trees have been left in a yellow pine cutting.
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67. 1936—Nemecio Lobato Tie Sale on U. S. Hill.
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68. 1933—A completed job of stand improvement, including pruning, near Tres Ritos.
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69. 1923—Ponderosa pine well reproduced after all mature timber had been cut.
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70. 1923—A typical stand of Ponderosa pine before cutting.
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71. 1958—Great Basin tent caterpillars.
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72. 1939—The main fire camp for the Pueblo Canyon fire.
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73. 1903—An old beaver dam on Rio Leandro on the Bartlett Tract.
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74. 1938—Loading logs with a team.
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75. 1950—Type of plane used on insect control jobs on nothern New Mexico National Forests.
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76. 1923—A McGiffert stiff boom loader at work.
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77. 1923—A fire line pile for burning.
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78. 1923—A flume at Angestura showing intake for more water.
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79. 1946—The Goodge sawmill located on Jarita Mesa.
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80. 1922—An old Ponderosa pine after its 20th ground fire.
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81. 1941—Children near Rio Hondo.
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82. 1922—Cabin of the Officer in Charge of the Pozos timber sale.
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  83. 1955—Field Boss Alan J. Lamb is showing spruce budworm damage to Armante Vigil (left) and Howard Shupe.
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84. 1923—Tie drive halts at a jam behind a low bridge.300 Resolution (tif, 1.6 mb
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85. 1903—A good stand of Bull Pine showing typical open character.
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86. 1923—A loaded log train.300 Resolution (tif, 1.5 mb
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87. 1923—An eight-wheeled log truck, best for soft ground. 300 Resolution (tif, 1.5 mb)
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88. 1938—Autumn aspen in La Junta Canyon.300 Resolution (tif, 1.5 mb)
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89. 1953—Sawmill and lumber manufacturing facilities in Vallecitos Federal Sustained Yield Unit.
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90. 1951—Head cutting gully working through a meadow.
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  91. 1957—View of watershed project westward down Taos Canyon.
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92. 1957—Rain digging gullies and carrying away soil.
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93. 1933—Tres Ritos; wooden check dams with boulder pavement below.
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94. 1957—Terracing steep slopes in Taos Canyon for watershed improvement.
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95. 1933—Contouring a slope with poles from timber culture work.
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96. 1946—Planting 25,000 rainbow fry at Lagunitas.
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97. 1937—Large cottonwood cut by beaver.
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98. 1936—Tools used for lake and stream surveys.
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99. 1937—Seining minnows in Vallecitos Creek.
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100. 1936—Collecting data for a lake survyey.