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Frontier and pioneer life

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Border life; Frontier and pioneer life--History; Homesteading; Pioneer life

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Report on Lands Petitioned for Withdrawal by Residents of Butte Falls Area, 1915

 File — Box 06: Series MSS019:G; Series MSS019:H [Barcode: 35138008116052], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS019:H.02
Scope and Contents

H-4 Crater National Forest, "Report on Lands Petitioned for Withdrawal by Residents of Butte Falls Area," L-Boundaries, Medford, Oregon (16p). Deals with land in T. 34 S., R. 3 E., W.M., includes descriptions of Butte Falls, and an original advertisement of the nearby Fourbit Creek Timber Sale. The report provides section-by-section land descriptions and recommends against withdrawal from Forest Service jurisdiction. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

Dates: 1915

Report to the Chief Forester on Timber Values of Lands Proposed for Withdrawal from Crater National Forest, 1914

 File — Box 06: Series MSS019:G; Series MSS019:H [Barcode: 35138008116052], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS019:H.01
Scope and Contents H-3 "Report to Chief Forester on Timber Values of Lands Proposed for Withdrawal from Crater National Forest," by E. A. Sherman, U.S. Forest Service, San Francisco, California (23p). A personal account of the Land Examiner's visit to the Butte Falls area to inspect the proposed "agricultural" withdrawals in Township 34/Ranges 2 and 3 East, and Township 35/Ranges 3 and 4 East. Interesting and useful information concerning the Forest Service, and perceived attitudes and character of the "timber...
Dates: 1914