Cibola National Forest Historical Photographs

from the Southwestern Regional Office files in Albuquerque


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1. 1939—Entrance to the Cibola National Forest.
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2. 1950—Paako Indian Village ruins near Cedar Crest.
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3. 1908—Looking northeast toward Zuni Mountains.
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4. 1937—A truck loaded with piñon nuts breaks down on the way to market.
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5. 1915—Tobosa grass and soapweed ready to be made into ensilage.
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6. 1944—Log cabin, the remains of the once flourishing logging town of Sawyer.
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7. 1933—La Luz Camp under construction for the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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8. 1937—The Kiwanis Cabin on Sandia Crest.
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9. 1936—ERA Camp at Lobo Ranger District.
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10. 1928—Sheep herder's camp near Magdalena on the San Augustine Plains.
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11. 1938—CCC enrollees operating a mule-driven fresno.
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12. 1938—Mathematical instruction at  a CCC Camp.
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13. 1938—Off-duty time in CCC Camp 9 NM; the camp reading room.
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14. 1944—Remains of an old logging camp on Lookout Mountain in the Zuni Division of the Cibola.
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15. 1924—A land exchange camp in Mt. Sedwich unit.
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16. 1920—A three well range improvement on the White allotment.
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17. 1939—A picnic lunch being prepared at a fireplace in Capillo Peak Recreation Area.
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18. 1928—Leatherman Camp, Tejano Canyon Public Campground.
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19. 1940—A member of the Santa Fe Club finishes the Women's Slalom.
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20. 1940—Taking a rest and a little food at Sandia Mountain Winter Sports Area.
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21. 1940—No reserved seats . . . just grab a ride on a ski tow.
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22. 1941—The motor house for the ski tow at Sandia Mountain Winter Sports Area.
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23. 1925—The Tijeras-Placitas road along Las Huertas Creek was built in 1925.
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24. n.d.—Zuni fire crew leaders and their governor (center front) assemble for a picture.
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25. 1925—A rock-faced fill along the Tijeras-Placitas Road.
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26. 1924—Building the Sandia Loop Road.
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27. 1933—Repairing the Cedro Canyon Road after the big flood of August-September 1933.
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28. 1920—Ranger set up to take bearing from a witness corner.
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29. 1931—A new Caterpillar Sixty for road work.
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30. 1924—Stringing wire for a tree telephone line in Monica Gulch.
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31. 1948—Tajique Cabin (formerly Tajique Ranger Station) was built in 1908.
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32. 1919—Tajique Ranger Station on the old Manzano National Forest.
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33. 1911—Forest Ranger Hammond at the main walk gate at Cedro Ranger Station.
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34. 1932—The Mount Taylor Cabin.
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35. 1948—The Oso Ridge fire lookout mounted in the Civil Aeronautics Authority's beacon tower
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36. 1922—Canyon Lobo Ranger Station dwelling.
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37. 1937—Tijeras Ranger Station office, barn, garage, and pumphouse.
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38. 1932—Mt. Sedgwick lookout tower.
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39. 1948—Capulin Cabin, Cibola National Forest, built by the CCC in 1941.
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40. 1936—Red Rock Ranger Station dwelling.
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41. 1944—Magdalena Ranger Station.
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42. 1923—The new lookout and cabin, Beaverhead District.
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43. 1921—Mountainair Ranger Station, old Manzano National Forest.
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44. 1937—Cedro Peak Lookout Tower and CAA beacon.
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45. 1922—The original Cedro Peak lookout tower on the Northern District.
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46. 1957—The District Ranger's dwelling, office, warehouse, and shops at Magdalena, New Mexico.
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47. 1954—Sandia Television Corporation broadcasting plant on Sandia Crest.
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48. 1910—Hell Canyon Ranger Station house on the old Manzano National Forest.
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49. 1911—The automatic gate at Cedro Ranger Station in action.
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50. 1908—Guide Russell shows the method for packing bag for horses, supplies, etc.
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51. 1923—Cooks prepare a meal at the Gross-Kelley fire camp.
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52. 1922—Mount Taylor lookout station.
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53. 1925—Forest Supervisor K. C. Kartchner on Ranger Flake's horse in Rinconda, Mt. Taylor Division.
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54. 1939—The Capillo Peak lookout sighting smoke.
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55. 1927—Ranger (left) greeting the fire lookout man.
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56. 1922—The end of an inspection trip over range used by Navajo Indians on Mount Powell Division.
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57. 1945— A ranger meeting in Magdalena.
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58. 1929—Magdalena's troop of Boy Scouts with Ranger H. Garvin Smith, Scoutmaster.
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59. 1928—Inside the Monica Ranger Station, on the old Datil National Forest.
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60. 1950—La Mosca Observatory and country to the north into the Fernandez Grant.
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61. 1926—A large herd of horses grazing on the range.
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62. 1928—Broomies, a type of worthless horse which infest many western ranges.
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63. 1950—A stock tank developed jointly by the Forest Service and stockmen on El Rito allotment.
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64. 1932—Portable sheep shearing plant at the Maxwell Ranch with six drop in action.
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65. 1922—Cow "shaded up" under a large soapweed, Jornado Range Reserve, New Mexico.
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66. 1912—Shearing sheep at Hubbell's sheep ranch.
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67. 1922—Arrangement of a Samson windmill and pumping engine at the Summerford well, Jornado Range Reserve.
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68. 1945—Well rig drilling for water on the east boundary of the White Cap Allotment.
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69. 1921—Sheep coming in to water at Coulter's East Well.
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70. 1920—The Canyon Seco Well on the Coulter allotment.
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71. 1927—W. R. Morley's outfit waits for dinner at the roundup camp.
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72. 1920—Goats watering in Embudo Canyon, Manzano National Forest.
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73. 1922—Bringing water to the sheep with a water wagon on the Coulter allotment.
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74. n.d.—The last roundup, cattle boarding railroad cars.
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75. 1922—Tripod float protection used in a circular watering trough on the Spence Allotment.
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76. 1937—A permittee getting house logs off the forest.
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77. 1929—The cableway on Zuni Mesa.
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78. 1924—Teams hauling logs to Hughes sawmill.
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79. 1957—Timber salvage operation in a ponderosa stand. Timber to come out is marked by the ranger.
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80. n.d.—Forest Ranger and his pack animals riding through Ponderosa pines.
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81. 1957—Ponderosa pine timber, dead and dying after drought and attacks by pine beetles.
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82. 1944—A virgin timber stand adjoining offered lands in the Richard M. Jarrott land exchange.
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83. 1957—Forester marking dead and dying timber for salvage pauses to survey a tree too far gone.
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84. 1934—Juan Tabo check dam down in the box was built by Juan Tabo CCC Camp.
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85. 1923—A deeply eroded arroyo in Canyon Lobo. Note the man at center bottom for scale.
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86. 1939—Field Day at Jornada Experimental Range.
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87. 1941—The Rio Grande in flood near Belen, New Mexico.
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88. 1941—Trucks loaded with brush for flood control work.
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89. 1933—A rock erosion check dam built in Armijo Canyon by the Lew Wallace Camp.
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90. 1921—Erosion in Chupadera Creek.
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91. 1933—Covered wagon going up Cedro Canyon.
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92. 1957—Visitor enjoys a fine view of the rugged ridge of the Sandia Mountains from Sandia Crest.
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93. 1925—Sandia Point, a prominent landmark along the central Rio Grande.
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94. 1931—View of Magdalena Mountains looking south from the former supervisor's office.
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95. 1941—Bighorn sheep in the Sandias.
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96. 1957—Collecting samples in a sample plot of the Zuni Mountains Pilot Soil Survey.
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97. n.d.—Sandia Mountains, Cibola National Forest.
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98. 1924—Potato Patch Canyon campground, looking southwest.
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99. 1948—La Mosca Peak Lookout, built in 1940 on the Cibola National Forest.
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100. 1924—A telephone crew and equipment in Monica Canyon, old Datil Natoinal Forest.