Rogue River National Forest (Or. and Calif.)

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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...

Scope and Contents H-23 "The Stockpile," Oregon Mining Association, Rogue River during May 1953, April 1954, and May 1954. Photocopies of the association's newspaper including various photos of and articles on mining activities in Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah. The publication includes articles on Al Sarena Mine and most especially the chromite stockpile program of the 1950s as part of the subsidized Strategic Minerals Stockpile Program during the early Cold War. "The Stockpile," as its name...

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The C-files are composed of early and recent timber reconnaissance and inventory reports, timber management plans, "policy statements," and sale reports, as well as correspondence dealing with forest diseases and insect infestations. The C-file also includes items dealing with Christmas-tree cutting and other "special forest products."

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C-14 "Timber Management Plan," by David P. Keiser, and Lyle N. Anderson, Timber Management Section, Rogue River National Forest, Medford, Oregon (45p). The document is similar in format to item C-13 but updated and expanded. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]