Box 09

Abstract

Jeffery LaLande worked as an independent historian outside of his Forest Service career, and this collection resulted from his independent research. These papers include correspondence with researchers on various topics; files from essays, articles, book reviews, and books he has written; and his peer reviews, requested by various editors, of manuscripts submitted for publication.

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L-10 John D. Holst letter to Janie V. Smith, Administrative Assistant, Apr. 3, 1951, Butte Falls, Oregon (3p). John Holst's handwritten reminiscences of early Forest Service Ranger, construction of the Big Elk G.S. trail from Skeeter's Swamp to Fish Lake in 1907. Also notes Holst's duty station at Perk's Pasture and the timber cruise of P-and-E railroad right-of-way across the Cascades. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Scope and Contents L-13 Reminiscences of Horace G. Whitney, Nov. 17, 1959, Cathedral City, California. Horace G. Whitney's reminiscences of early Applegate District Ranger. Whitney references the ..."one-room combined office and living quarters…at Star," where he and his new bride lived until larger living quarters were built in 1914. These larger living quarters were renovated and moved upriver in 1977 as a private residence. The one-room Ranger Station was long used as a storage shed at the Star Ranger...

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L-14 Reminiscences of H. J. Eberly, June 8, 1960, Dunnedin, Florida. Eberly mentions early Forest Service personnel from around 1911. Eberly's handwritten reminiscences including "Andy Poole...who could shoot...I've often seen him take a pistol in each hand and when 2 cans were tossed out he would keep them jumping and bouncing. When it came to relating wild tales about the West and animals, he had no equal." [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Scope and Contents L-18 "History of Early Forest Work" by S. C. Bartrum, Roseburg, Oregon (100p; some pages missing). The paper includes recollections of the early days of the Forest, under the General Land Office, then called the Cascade Forest Reserve - South Division, 1899-1907. Bartrum notes interesting anecdotes regarding "Indian trails," deserted trapper cabins, hiring requirements for G.L.O. Rangers, "squatters," and the Prineville sheep men on the Rogue-Umpqua Divide. Attachments to the paper include...

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L-21 John E. Gribble's reminiscences of the Moon Prairie Guard Station," Ashland, Oregon. The document includes brief notes on homesteaders, cattlemen, and early FS employees in the "Dead Indian country" east of Ashland. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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L-23 Papers and early Forest Service recollections by Smith C. Bartrum, Roseburg, Oregon (40+p). Folder includes various memoirs, correspondence, and official documents dealing with Bartrum's career as a Forest Reserve (1901-1905) and National Forest (1906-07) supervisor. Bartrum was the supervisor of a portion of what later became the Rogue River National Forest. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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L-24 Letter to Forest Service from Hal M. Von Stein of Napa, California. A brief and humorous recollection of von Stein's long career as a fire guard and lookout on the Rogue River National Forest. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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L-25 Gordon Jesse Walker's recollections of various trips during the 1950s-70s in the high country of the Cascades. Gordon Jesse Walker was the Forest's horsepacker. The recollections emphasize the Sky Lakes area. The file includes Mr. Walker's obituary and a 1995 letter referring to various books/stories he has written. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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L-25 "Readiness for Fighting Forest Fires" and other stories, by Paul E. Sandoz, Jr. of Denver, Colorado (10+p). Recollections of early twentieth-century people, places, and events in the Elk Creek country of the Prospect Ranger District. Includes a discussion of the Hall's Point Fire and "how Sandoz Gap got its name." [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]