Rogue River National Forest (Or. and Calif.)

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A-23 "Rogue River Time-Line: Chronology of the Rogue River National Forest and the Surrounding Areas," Jeffrey M. Lalande, C.R. Job RR-572, Rogue River National Forest, Medford, Oregon (16p). A "highlight" history of the Forest, from prehistoric geological events up to the early 1980s. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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This black and white topographic map was prepared by the Southern Oregon College Geography Department and shows the physical features of the sherwood creek timber sake area.

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This topographic map is part of a 7.5 minute series produced by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1983. It was compiled from aerial photographs taken in 1976.

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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]

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L-3 "Story of Dan Pederson and the Brush Mountain Lookout," John W. Sarginson, Historical Information, Rogue River National Forest, Medford, Oregon (5p). Narrative of Pederson's lookout career and his construction of the lookout tree at Brush Mountain with the spiral ladder and counter-weighted "elevator." [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

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I-10 Crater National Forest, "Summary of Roads and Trails," Medford, Oregon (20p). [SOU-HL]

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C-4 "Summary of Timber Stand," Fred A. Matz, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (12p). A timber inventory statistics, arranged by District and species. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Scope and Contents In part 1, Dennis Gray describes the history and prehistory of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) detailing the land, people, vegetation, and waterways of the Rogue River Forest area, describing the Native American Indians and the River, with evidence found through archaeological methods, theories, and issues. The ethnographic period which tells about the Indian way of life, when contact was made Euro-American settlers around the 1850s, and how the Takelma people lived. History of Native...

Scope and Contents L-40 A photocopy of one chapter from "Memoirs," by Harold C. Chriswell, Bellingham, Washington. Memoirs is a privately produced document that contains a portion of Mr. Chriswell's memoirs of his Forest Service career, 1933-1971. The chapter "Memoirs" covers Chriswell's years at the RRNF, 1950-52. Chriswell recalls the heavy snowfall at Union Creek, and the Forest Service employees living there. The document includes a discussion of the typical workload, briefly mentions the mining claim...