Prescott NF Historical Photographs

from the Southwestern Regional Office files in Albuquerque

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1. 1921—An old Apache Indian Fort near Crown King on the Prescott National Forest.	2. 1932—A view of Jerome, Arizona and surrounding country.	3. 1921—Jerome in 1921, showing considerable more vegetation than later photos.	4. 1937—A store built by Phoenix on Horsethief Basin Recreation Area features Coke and gasoline.	5. 1916—Entrance to corral showing a Forest Service salting banner at Prescott's 4th of July Celebration.
6. 1937—A section of finished road leading into Perkinsville Camp.	7. 1938—Section of the Drake-Perkinsville Road, an ERA project.	8. 1960—Scenic pine country, Prescott National Forest.	9. 1937—The spillway at Horsethief Dam.	10. 1937— A Bay City shovel working on the Williams-Jerome Road.
11. 1937—Men and equipment working on the Williams-Jerome Road.	12. 1921—The Granite Dells on Prescott-Williams Road near Prescott.	13. 1937—Compressor and drilling crew working on the Williams -Jerome Road.	14. 1938—A CCC enrollee using a drill on road construction.	> 15. 1946—The R-3 Tonto type horse trailer with spare wheel and fenders.
16. 1926—The fork of Groom Creek -Hassayampa Road and Prescott-White Spar Road.	17. 1934—A delta formed above the road grade fill due to obstruction of the culvert.	18. 1927—Grading a Prescott road with motorized McCormick Deering graders.	19. 1927—Loading a truck.	20. 1927—Looking south in vicinity of road Station 225, Project 2021.
21. 1926— A bridge across Groom Creek on the Groom Creek-Hassayampa Road.	22. 1926—The Groom Creek-Hassayampa Road.	23. 1926—A section of the Prescott-White Spar Road.	24. 1904—The Ranger's camp, near Prescott, Arizona.	25. 1915—Verde Ranger Station at edge of the Verde River.
26. 1914—Headquarters for Forest officers on the Prescott District was at "Hinderer Ranch."	27. 1915—A tent house formerly used by the Verde District Ranger up to January 1915.	28. 1921—The Crown King Ranger Station.	29. 1936—The new Crown King Ranger Station dwelling built by the CCC.	30. 1936—Crown King Ranger Station barn and garage built by the CCC.
31. 1937—Yaeger Canyon Ranger Station Office.	32. 1937—Yaeger Canyon Ranger Station dwelling water tower.	33. 1932—Sycamore Ranger Station.	34. 1932—Sycamore office.	35. 1937—Sycamore Ranger Station Barn.
36. 1937—Sycamore Ranger Station office, dwelling and pump house (right).	37.1947—Sycamore Canyon Ranger Station.	38. 1936—Willow Creek Ranger Station barn.	39. 1937—Cedar Glade Ranger Station barn and garage.	40. 1937—Cedar Glade Ranger Station dwelling.
41. 1937—Cedar Glade Ranger Station office.	42.1938—Groom Creek Ranger Station dwelling.	43. 1915—Cedar Glade Ranger house.	44. Visitors at Spruce Mountain Lookout.	45. One kind of special uses of National Forest land.
46. 1921—Mt. Union with a temporary lookout.	47. 1940—Fire lookouts, such as this on Cedar Mountain, gave modern facilities to the lookout men.	48. 1936—The Walnut Creek ERA (CCC) Camp.	49. 1936—The Perkinsville ERA (CCC) Camp.	50. 1936— Another view of the Perkinsville Camp showing the Mess Hall.
51. 1914—A Ranger on Wasson Peak Lookout.	52. A special use of National Forest land - an artificial tank for watering sheep.	53. 1947—Perkinsville fenced study plot showing protected and unprotected range.	54. 1921—Cactus photographed on New River , near Laird's Ranch.	55.1954—Goat range in valley land and foothills, Yavapai County.
56. 1937—Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) northwest of Congress Junction.	57. 1921—Yucca and mesquite near Camp Creek.	58. 1920—Golf links, Iron Springs.	59. 1922—Main Canyon in Cavness allotment, showing eroded stream bed of gravel and cobbles.	60. 1945—An arroyo being reclaimed by squirrell tail on a quail nesting area.
61. 1947—A grazing study plot at wood camp	62. 1924—A harness rack was nailed to a tree 30 or 40 years ago and the tree grew over it.	63. 1937—The visitor registration booth on Horsethief Basin Campground.	64. 1920—Reservoir built by Phoenix as water supply for Horsethief Basin Recreation Area.	65. 1920—A home in Iron Springs Recreational Area.
66. 1926—Children's swing on Mingus Mountain campground and playground.	67. 1937—Shelter on Horsethief Basin Campground.	68. 1926—Picnic table, Wolf Creek Area.	69. 1920—The main plaza of Iron Springs Recreational Area.	70. 1938—A picnic at Mingus Mountain.
71.1940—Granite Basin Dam.	72. 1947—Perkinsville Railroad enters the box of the Verde River Canyon.	73. 1947—Steer Lake	74. Study of the effect of sheep grazing on Western yellow pine reproduction.	75. 1937—Senator Highway.
76. 1940 —Looking from Mingus Mountains over the Verde Valley.	77. 1926—A view of Hassayampa Creek.	78. 1935— A view into Granite Dells near Prescott.	79. 1947—Fossil Creek Canyon , below Steer Lake.	80. 1902—Wasteful lumbering practices.
81. 1932—Long ricks of juniper wood piled up at the shipping point south of Ashfork, Arizona.	82. 1923—Juniper cordwood , ricked up along the railroad, five miles south of Ashfork.	83.1901—Harvey's cutting under Land Officer rules.	84. 1947—A small sawmill in operation near wood camp.	85. The young Ponderosa pine seedlings were killed by sheep on a salting ground.
86. 1901—A lumbered slope of Western yellow pine.	87.1934—Packing fuel wood on burros.	88. 1902—Wasteful method of lumbering before establishment of the Reserve.	89. 1902—Very open pine forest with Yellow pine seedlings on malpais.	90. 1922—A pile of driftwood 15 feet high along Cave Creek.
91.1934—"Raw Land" — Hayfield Draw Erosion Area.	92. 1947—Dam in Walnut Creek which has filled with silt.	93.1933—An old gully sealed by pine needles in a dense 40-year stand of Ponderosa.	94. 1933—An old gully sealed by needle litter in a 40-50 year old stand of Ponderosa.	95. 1934—A typical erosion check dam, Hayfield Draw.
96. 1933—Juniper crib check dams.	97. 1934—A large completed dam and the crew that built it.	98. 1934—Increasing the height of a check dam in narrow gorge of Hayfield Draw.	99. 1933—Juniper brush crib dams.	100. 1934—Deep vertical walled gully-cutting in the upper Verde Valley.