Forest rangers

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L-44 The recollections and memories of Alvin G. Anderson. Topics include Recollections of Work on the RRNF, Rogue River Memories, and correspondence between Jeff LaLande and Steven Johnson regarding Alvin G. Anderson and Dan Penderson.

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L-8 Handwritten reminiscences of C. J. Buck, March 4, 1949, Portland, Oregon (8p). The reminiscences of C. J. Buck, an early supervisor of Crater National Forest. The narrative refers to various personnel, including S. Swenning..." a native...and the best woodsman I ever traveled with...Years later he became a well-known frontiersman, guide and explorer" in Alaska. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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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 Swenning. Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (17p). Brief sections on: topographic features, water projects, agriculture, grazing, settlers, forest cover, forest stands (w/MMBF of species by townships and "regions"), deforestation, timber sold (by "region" or District; sawtimber, fuelwood, posts), mining, mineral springs, Huckleberry Mountain, early Forest personnel (i.e., General Land Office rangers, 1898-1905). (Some of the personal anecdotes about the latter are entertaining reading...