Santa Fe NF Historical Photographs

from the Southwestern Regional Office files in Albuquerque


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1. 1938—A National Forest Entrance Marker.
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2. 1914—Tramway over which the ore is handled from the mine to the mill.
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3. n.d.—Frijoles-Stone Lions Trail in Alamo.
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4. 1920—Restoration work by Southwestern Museum on Rito de los Frijoles cliff talus houses.
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5. Photo circa 1995.  "Last Line of Defense" : Astialakwa ruin on Gudadalupe Mesa. 
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6. 1924—Ruins of communal dwellings seen from Frijoles Canyon Trail.
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7. 1914—Jemez Creek just south of Baca Location No. 1. 
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8. 1938—Covered wagon, 1938 model, near Cuba, New Mexico.
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9. 1914—Ancient Indian ruins on Oaks Mesa.
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10. 1921—Penasco settlement in Santa Barbara Valley. 
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11. 1932—Puye ruins, an ancient Indian village
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12. 1921— Rito de los Frijoles cliff dwellings.
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13. 1915— The old barracks in Santa Fe, formerly the Supervisor's office.
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14. 1924—Pecos Road
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15. 1933—Rock culvert at Station 345 on the Otowi-Cuba Road. 
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16. 1933— A new bridge on the Los Alamos Road, seen from the lower side.
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17. Lake Peak Trail, on the Pecos Division.
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18. 1933—Switchback curve on Otowi-Cuba Road seen from about Station 340
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19. 1939—Paliza Canyon Road.
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20. 1950—Constructing a "one pass" fireline with a bulldozer.
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21. 1950— A D-7 Cat digging in a rock cut with newly invented dozer teeth.
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22. 1924—Frijoles Canyon Trail.
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23. 1939—Crushing gravel for surfacing a road.
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24. 1948—Old Gallinas Ranger Station, one of the early stations in the Southwestern Region.
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25. Panchuela Ranger Station. 
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26. 1938—Gallinas Ranger Station.
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27. 1938—A 10,000 gallon water reservoir and pumphouse at Pecos Ranger Station.
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28. 1932—Jemez Springs Ranger Station.
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29. 1924—Loading a Ford truck with fire tools.
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30. 1915—Granite Point Ranger Station seen from Santa Fe-Las Vegas Service Highway. 
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31. 1932—Red Top Cabin
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32. 1938—The barn at Gallinas Ranger Station. 
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33. 1938—Summer home of Mrs. J.D. Baker, a special use permit holder in Holy Ghost Canyon.
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34. 1921—The lookout on Grass Mountain.
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35.1914—The Cerro Pelado lookout on the old Jemez National Forest.
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36. 1922—The back view of Beatty's Cabin , looking up the Pecos. 
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37. 1922—Another view of Beatty's Cabin.
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38. 1921—The custodian's station for Rito de los Frijoles (Bandelier National Monument).
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39.1912—A canvas shelter used in transplanting trees.
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40. 1950—Lookout tower on White's Peak, New Mexico, after restoration
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41. 1907—A Forest Ranger with his pack horse.
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42. 1903—Ranger Tom Stewart on the road in Pecos Valley.
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43. 1902—In the office of the Pecos River Forest Reserve.
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44. 1957—District Forest Ranger Bob Bates at the Pecos Ranger Station. 
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45. 1948—A Highlands University Workshop at old Gallinas Ranger Station.
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46. 1924—Supervisor Loveridge using a Biltmore stick near Pine Springs Ranger Station.
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47. 1932—Forest Supervisor Frank Andrews on the trail.
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48.1914—The Grazing Reconnaissance outfit, in La Jarra Canyon, packed on saddle horse. 
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49. 1924—Resting after trail construction. 
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50. 1907—Forest Ranger throwing the "Diamond hitch," in Horse Canyon, Sandoval County.
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51. 1926—Descampsia Springs area is known to have been temporarily overgrazed in the past
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52. 1924—Sheep grazing on Rito Padre.
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53. 1936—Cattle grazing in a Rio de las Vacas pasture.
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54. 1957—The summer cattle roundup on Glorietta Mesa. 
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55. 1959—Trail Riders of the Wilderness riding off the crest of Pecos Baldy.
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56. 1916—A road in the Santa Fe National Forest (Pecos Division). 
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57. 1940—Skiing in Aspen Basin.
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58. 1957—Old Man of the Mountain Elliot Barker, veteran forester, trapper, rancher and state game man. 
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59. 1939—A woodland scene and a young fisherman at Paliza Forest Campground.
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60. 1924—Tourists leaving Mountain View Ranch for Lake Peak.
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61. 1936—Typical picnic table in Paliza Campground and Picnic Area.
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62. 1939—Picnicking in the Conchas campground.
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63. 1950—Summer home (under special use permit) on Pecos River.
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64. 1933—Ranger Perl Charles standing ona foot bridge across Jemez Creek at Spence Campground.
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65. 1916—A Boy Scout camp in the Santa Fe National Forest.
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66. 1938—A typical guest cottage, Los Pinos Resort, under special use permit to Mrs. Katherine Page.
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67. 1948—Battleship Rock Forest Camp.
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68. 1957—Girl Scouts take a hike on a forest road on the Jemez District.
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69. 1957—The pack string heads out. 
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70. 1954—Valdez Canyon in the Pecos Wilderness Area.
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71. 1957—Girl Scouts on a hike through Santa Fe National Forest Ponderosas.
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72. 1957—Forest Officer Leon Hill (center) stops to chat with Doug O'Bannon
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73. 1908—Lumber mill and yards of the Dye Lumber Company's camp in Mediodia Canyon

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74. 1941—Tree planters from CCC Camp F-56. 
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75. 1950—Fire timekeepers at work in an informal office. 
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76. 1936—Cutting and log ways on the American Metals timber sale, Indian Creek, Pecos Division.
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77. 1937—Loadmaster loading a large Douglas fir scaled 580 feet.
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78.1908—Laborers cabins and houses at the Dye Lumber Company camp in Mediodia Canyon.
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79. 1913—A portable saw mill cutting approximately sixty percent sawn ties. 
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80. 1956—An artist painting a natural landscape. 
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81. 1925—Forest Service timber appraisal camp on American Creek.
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82. 1908—The drying kilns of the Dye Timber Company's saw mill. 
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83. 1908—The Dye saw mill , looking down canyon from the company store.
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84. 1955—A DG-2 aircraft spraying insecticide at Panchuela Cabin
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85. 1940—Wild flowers bloom under aspen on Big Tesuque.
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86. 1931—The Caldwell saw mill and logging camp.
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87. 1908—Loading the logs at the bottom of the log chute.

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88. 1930—The White Pine Lumber Company camp at Porter, New Mexico. 
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89. 1928—Tent Rocks in Cochiti Canyon.
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90. 1924—Pecos Baldy seen through Aspen in the foreground.
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91. 1928—The Pecos Range seen from the top of Truchas Peaks (elevation 13,300 feet).
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92. 1955—Santa Fe Canyon, a retake of a 1916 photo (FS # 3616). 
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93. 1957—McClure reservoir in northern New Mexico. 
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94. 1914—The power plant of Cossack Mining Company.
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95.1933—Dam in Sulphur Creek showing the type of construction. 
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96. 1945— A log dam in Rio Puerco on espiritu Santo Grant.
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97. 1937—Two cylindrical type rock dams on Santa Fe erosion control project.
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98. 1947—Closure sign on the watershed supplying water for the city of Santa Fe.
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99. 1946—An elk killed by Ben Smith in the Pecos Wilderness Area.
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1936—Checking for caddis fly larvae clinging to a rock taken from a riffle of the Pecos River.
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101. 1937—Dams on Paliza Creek.