Coconino National Forest History Photos

from the Southwestern Regional Office files in Albuquerque


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1. 1916—Forest Officers at the Supervisor's Office fo the Coconino National Forest in Flagstaff.
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2. 1934—A sample of stubbed telephone line built by the Flagstaff ECW Camp, F-5-A.
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3. 1926—Elden Ruins, a prehistoric Indian village adjacent to Flagstaff.
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4. n.d.—Cliff dwellings east of Flagstaff.
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5. 1920—Old ruins near the northeast corner of Coconino National Forest.
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6. 1921—Cliffs at the mouth of west fork of Oak Creek.
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7. 1957—The "Chapel  of the Holy Cross" built into the red cliffs of Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona.
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8. n.d.—Flagstaff-Williams road project, station 207+10, a 10 percent road item.
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9. 1939— Entrance marker No. 24-G, on Highway 66, at the east boundary of the Coconino.
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10. 1923—A section of turnpike construction across the Malapais formation.
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11. 1939—View of the Oak Creek Road switchback.
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12. 1957—A scenic view along the highway in Oak Creek Canyon.
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13. 1934—A typical "cut" section of the Schultz Pass Truck Trail. Built by Camp F-5-A.
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14. 1926—Constructing the bridge over Willow Valley Wash.
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15. 1924—A rock crusher in operation along the Flagstaff-Long Valley road.
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16. 1904—An early day Ranger Station near Flagstaff.
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17. 1924—Buildings at the Southwestern Forest Experiement Station near Flagstaff, Arizona.
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18. 1932—Blue Ridge Cabin Lookout Tree.
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19. 1932—Woody Lookout, built in 1922 on one of the two longest-used lookout sites in Coconino.
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20. 1936—Clear Creek Ranger Station dwelling and office.
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21. 1919—A cabin at Fort Valley Experiment Station.
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22. 1919—Long Valley Ranger Station.
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23. 1923—Ranger Brown and children on front porch of Long Valley Ranger Station.
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24. 1936—Beaver Creek Ranger Station barn-garage, built by the CCC.
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25. 1924—The new Long Valley Ranger Station.
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26. 1948—Munds Park Cabin, garage, and storage.
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27. 1932—Blue Ridge Cabin.
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28. 1935—New Pinchot Guard Station on the Bly Ranger District.
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29. 1923—Bly Ranger Station dwelling.
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30. 1939—Mr. Fred McCament viewing the Tonto Basin from Baker Butte Lookout.
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31. 1906—Supervisor's meeting in Flagstaff, Ariziona, September 1-7, 1906.
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32. 1923—Regional Forester Poole inspecting a trail sign.
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33. 1934—Supervisor Ed Miller preparing lunch in the field.
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34. 1913—Rangers' meeting in Fort Valley.
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35. 1925—Sheep grazing among the pines.
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36. 1943—Browse line on Gamble Oak.
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37. 1920—"Shading-up" of sheep in yellow pine timber during the head of the day.
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38. 1954—Large alligator juniper completely uprooted to encourage grass reproduction.
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39. 1953—Overcrowding at Lake Mary Campground.
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40. 1957—Swimmers and frolickers in the cool cascades of Oak Creek near Sedona.
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41. 1957—A young fisherman tries his luck at Oak Creek.
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42. 1941—Exploring on a hillside above Log Jam ski trail at an elevation of 10,600 feet.
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43. 1941—Photo looking south along the top of knife edge of Humphrey Saddle at Mt. Agassiz.
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44. 1941—Ranger Dean Cutler looking off the rim of Humphrey Saddle into the Inner Basin.
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45. 1957—A masonry enclosure for a spring with capacity of 40,000 gallons per day.
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46. 1921—The upper end of Stoneman Lake, possible recreation sites on the slopes.
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47. 1936—A toilet structure at Lake Mary campground.
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48. 1958—A Phoenix family enjoys the Mogollon Rim view.
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49. 1937—Lower Lake Mary campground.
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50. 1953—Banjo Bill campground being used at 300 percent capacity.
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51. 1957—Damage to Forest camp sign, by thrown rocks, at Double Springs.
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52. 1934—A double end fireplace in Banjo Bill recreation area.
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53. 1924—Forest Service sign.
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54. 1912—Probably Greenlaw saw mill, with Eldon Mountain in the background.
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55. n.d.—What fire has done to a watershed.
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56. 1946—The Barney Pasture fire.
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57. 1920—A portable school house at a Greenlaw logging camp.
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58. 1945—Fat steers at the end of grazing season on good range properly utilized.
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59. 1957—Using a power loader to load a truck with Ponderosa logs.
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60. 1939—An Ariziona Lumber & Timber forester limbing.
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61. 1957—Tightening the boom on a log train at Allen Lake Landing.
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62. 1939—Forest officers checking the scale book.
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63. 1939—The mill operator and forest officer inspecting a carload of logs at Arizona Lumber & Timber Company mill at Flagstaff, Arizona.
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64. 1939—The stamping mark used to mark government timber.
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65. 1910—Loading logs under big wheels.
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66. 1924—Teams strain to pull an eight-wheeled loggin truck of Flagstaff Lumber Company.
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67. 1924—Teams hauling logs to the Hughes sawmill.
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68. 1914—Laying logging railroad track into the Coconino National Forest.
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69. 1909—Logging on a Coconino timber sale; ready to start skidding to the railroad.
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70. 1903—Yarding logs by wagon.
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71. 1909—Skidding a log, which scales 1,000 feet, without damage to the growth left after cutting.
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72. 1939—Marking.
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73. n.d.—Bucking up a tree cut in a timber sale.
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74. 1936—A fire truck equipped with a hose, tank and motor driven pump.
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75. 1934—A fire truck loaded with tools, equipment, provisions, and water, ready for emergency use.
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76. 1925—A rail car-mounted loader of the Arizona Lumber & Timber Company works on the Coconino.
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77. 1959—Ranger talks to the engineer of a Southwest Lumber Mills steam locomotive.
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78. n.d.—Loading the big wheels.
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79. 1937—A truck load of logs on an A. L. & T. sale.
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80. 1921—Accident. The Flagstaff Lumber Company "skidder" turned over.
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81. 1912—A Clyde steam skidder used by F. L. M. Company camp.
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82. 1920—Moving day at the Flagstaff Lumber Company camp.
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83. 1920—The cook and mess car spur at a Flagstaff Lumber Company camp.
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84. 1910—Bringing the logs to the railroad.
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85. 1947—The Saginaw-Manistee Lumber and Timber Company mill.
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86. 1939—Logs coming into the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company mill.
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87. 1944—Properly cut over stand of Ponderosa Pine.
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88. 1926—Devastation by fire.
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89. 1926—Bristlecone pine at timberline, the summit of the San Francisco Preaks.
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90. n.d.—Forest officer reading the thermometers.
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91. 1941—Leroux Forest Nursery tended by CCC enrollees from Camp F-75.
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92. 1942—Blowdown on the Coconino.
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93. 1923— Remarkable growth of Ponderosa pine.
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94. 1924—Scaler L. W. Lewis on a sale area of Flagstaff Lumber Company.
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95. 1941— The San Francisco Peaks viewed from near Fort Valley.
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96. 1960—Horseback riding in Oak Creek Canyon.
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97. 1957—Oak Creek plunges along its rocky course in famous, scenic Oak Creek Canyon.
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98. 1957—Scenic view of Lake Mary, near Flagstaff. 
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99. 1939— Looking into Tonto Basin from Mogollon Rim.
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100. 1933—Benny, the bear, checks out a movie camera.