Gerald W. Williams worked for the U.S. Forest Service from 1979 until his retirement in 2005. From 1979 to 1983, he was a sociologist with the Umpqua and Willamette National Forests in Oregon; in 1993-1998 he served as the sociologist for the Pacific Northwest Regional Office in Portland; and from 1998 until his retirement in 2005 he was the national historian for the U.S. Forest Service in Washginton, D.C. He has published more than 75 books, chapters, book reviews, articles, and conference papers exploring a variety of historical topics such as the Native American use of fire to manage environments, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the U.S. Army's Spruce Production Division during World War I.
Originally described as part of the Gerald W. Williams Collection, these materials were separated from the Williams Collection in 2016 to form this new collection.
This collection is open for research.
U.S. Forest Service Officers and Operations Photographs (P 325), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
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The U.S. Forest Service Officers and Operations Photographs are arranged into 2 series: 1. Forest Officers and Personnel, 1908-1974 and 2. Forest Operations, 1899-1970.
The U.S. Forest Service Officers and Operations Photographs document U.S. Forest Service employees and operations in the Pacific Northwest and California, with an emphasis on Oregon and Washington. Images were collected by Gerald W. Williams, who served as a sociologist and historian for the U.S. Forest Service (1979-2005). Officer and personnel portraits were primarily taken during the 1950s. Notable personnel include U.S. Forest Service Chiefs, Lyle Watts and Edward Cliff, and Janie Smith, the first female Administrative Assistant to serve in a U.S. National Forest Supervisor’s Office.
The second series focuses on U.S. Forest Service operations and national forests in Oregon and Washington. Operation photographs document forest management efforts, including forest fire prevention, logging, and reforestation projects. Also included are images of historic buildings, national forest scenes, and recreational activities.
The collection is predominately made up of photographic prints and negatives. Contact sheets and 35mm and 55mm film strips are also provided for a portion of the portraits. Photocopies and descriptions were created from the envelopes the images were originally stored in. The names of photographers (when identifited) are included with the photograph descriptions.
Series 1 contains photographs of U.S. Forest Service officers and personnel who served in the Pacific Northwest and California from 1908-1974. The images are predominately portraits of Oregon and Washington U.S. Forest Service staff taken from 1955-1956. Of special note is a portrait of Janie V. Smith, who became the first woman to serve as an Administrative Assistant for a U.S. National Forest Supervisor's Office in 1938. Smith worked for the Rogue River National Forest Supervisor’s Office throughout her nearly 40-year career in the U.S. Forest Service. Smith became an Administrative Officer in 1957 before retiring in 1959. Photocopies and descriptions were created from the envelopes the images were originally stored in.
1 negative.
Former Assistant Regional Forester in charge of Recreation and Lands. Joined U.S. Forest Service in 1906. Retired June 30, 1942. Taken by: Emma H. Morton, May 1942. 6 prints and 3 negatives.
R-6, Regional Office, Personnel Management. 10 prints and 1 negative.
Regional Forester. Taken by: E. H. Morton, 1944. 2 prints and 1 negative.
Supervisor of the Umpqua National Forest, Oregon. Taken by: Frank Flack, February 28, 1950. 1 print.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, October 1962. 7 prints.
Supervisor of the Inyo National Forest, Bishop, California. 3 prints and 1 negative.
Snoqualmie National Forest, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Regional Office, 1955. 10 prints and 2 negatives.
Supervisor of the Wallowa National Forest, Oregon. Photo also taken at Advanced Management Training Camp, Wind River, Washington, January 13, 1945. Taken by: Frank Flack, March 1, 1950 and G. E. Griffith, January 13, 1945. 2 prints.
Regional Office, 1956. 8 prints and 1 negative.
Personnel, 1956. 18 prints and 2 negatives.
Siskiyou National Forest, 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Supervisor, Umpqua National Forest. Taken: May 1962. 3 prints and 1 negative.
Supervisor, Mt. Baker National Forest. Taken by: Emma H. Morton, September 1944. 3 prints and 1 negative.
Regional Office, February 1955. 1 print.
1 print and 2 negatives.
Supervisor of the Willamette National Forest, Oregon. Taken by: Frank Flack, February 28, 1950. 1 print and 1 negative.
Richard "Dick" Bowe, Regional Office, August 15, 1953 and February 1955. 4 prints and 2 negatives.
Regional Office, Personnel Management, April 28, 1953. 1 print and 1 negative.
C. J. Buck on Mud Creek project, 1914. Taken by: H. W. Harris, Wallowa National Forest. 2 prints and 1 negative.
Experiment Station (Insect Surveys). 1 print.
Chief, Division of Personnel Management. Taken: December 1959. 17 prints, 12 negatives, and contact sheets.
Recreation and Lands, 1956. 9 prints and 2 negatives.
Regional Office, February 1955. 2 prints and 2 negatives.
Regional Office, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Virgil R. Carrell, Division of Information and Education, February 1955. 6 prints and 1 negative.
1 negative.
1 print and 1 negative.
Supervisor of the Malheur National Forest, Oregon. Taken by: Frank Flack, February 28, 1950. 2 prints and 4 negatives.
February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, March 1962. 24 prints and 1 negative.
Wenatchee National Forest, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Timber Management, January 1955. 1 print and 2 negatives.
Ranger Ralph Cook in full uniform with his horse, Mt. Baker National Forest. Taken by: Ray M. Filloon, August 1937. 2 prints.
Supervisor of the Whitman National Forest, at Baker, Oregon. 6 prints and 1 negative.
Supervisor of the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Taken by: Frank Flack, March 2, 1950. 4 prints.
1 print and 1 negative.
Assistant Regional Forester. Taken by: E. H. Morton, 1944. 1 print.
5 prints.
Engineering, 1956. 7 prints and 1 negative.
Fire Control, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
1 print and 1 negative.
Regional Office, Engineering, 1956. Retired in 1961. 7 prints and 1 negative.
6 prints and 1 negative.
Assistant Regional Forester (Deceased 1961). Taken by: George E. Griffith, 1948. 7 prints.
O-Radio Shop, 1956. 7 prints and 2 negatives.
Assistant Regional Forester (Assistant Regional Forester at Hemlock Training School also, April 8, 1937). Taken by: E. H. Morton, 1944. 1 print and 1 negative.
November 1965. 1 print and 1 negative.
1 negative.
6 prints and 1 negative.
Regional Engineer, 1952. 2 prints and 1 negative.
Taken by: Emma H. Morton, about 1933-1934. 4 prints and 1 negative.
2 prints and 2 negatives.
Director of the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 prints.
Mt. Hood, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
April 16, 1969. 13 prints and 1 negative.
Technical Forestry Advisor, Division of State and Private Forestry, Regional Office of the Forest Service, Portland, Oregon. Taken by: Frank Flack, December 18, 1951. 2 prints.
Dorothy Harlan, now Mrs. Perrin, resigned from the Division of Information and Education on September 11, 1953. 1 negative.
5 prints.
Regional Office, 1956. 2 prints and 1 negative.
Supervisor, Mt. Baker, 1953. 2 prints and 2 negatives.
1954 (Deceased 1961). 1 print and 1 negative.
January 1955. 4 prints and 1 negative.
Timber Management, January 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Supervisor, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, July 15, 1953. 4 prints and 1 negative.
Recreation and Lands, 1956. 7 prints and 1 negative.
Allen H. Hodgson, entered the U.S. Forest Service in 1909. Chief, Division of Personnel Management, 1935. Author of bulletin on waste logging and milling operations (Deceased February 15, 1939). 2 prints.
Assistant Regional Forester, 1940. Taken by: Emma H. Morton. 3 prints.
Forester, Division of Information and Education. Later part of Division of Wildlife and Range Management, August 1950. 4 prints and 2 negatives.
February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
James C. Iler, Division of Operation. Taken by: George E. Griffith, December 1946 and November 1959. 17 prints and 9 negatives.
Douglas C. Ingram with axe wedged in large spruce log (second log) left on Johnson Mill Co. logging area, Siuslaw National Forest. Taken by: D. C. Ingram, November 10, 1925. 6 prints.
1 print and 1 negative.
4 prints and 1 negative.
February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Fire Control, February 1955. 2 prints and 1 negative.
William H. "Howard" Johnson, supervisor of the Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington. Taken by: Frank Flack, March 2, 1950. 1 print and 1 negative.
Regional Office, 1956. 16 prints and 6 negatives.
Assistant Chief, Division of Wildlife and Range Management. Taken by: George E. Griffith, December 1946. 1 print.
Malheur, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Division of Timber Management (in charge of Cooperative Sustained Yield work under Public Law #273). Taken by: George E. Griffith, December 1946. 6 prints.
1 print.
6 prints, 36 negatives, and contact sheets.
Assistant Regional Forester, 1944. Supervisor of Snoqualmie National Forest at 25 years service and also Wenaka. Taken by: E. H. Morton. 5 prints and 2 negatives.
Julius F. Kummel entered the U.S. Forest Service in 1906. Retired on May 31, 1942. Chief of Wind River Nursery. Also directed all forest plantation work in R-6. 3 prints and 1 negative.
Training and Safety Officer, Division Personnel Management (Deceased August 7, 1955). Taken by: Frank Flack, December 18, 1951. 5 prints and 1 negative.
Assistant Regional Forester. Taken by: Emma H. Morton, October 1944. 1 print.
Fire Control, February 1955 (Deceased April 30, 1966). 7 prints and 12 negatives.
Supervisor of Chelan National Forest. Taken by: George E. Griffith, 1948. 1 print.
Assistant Regional Forester, Division of Information and Education, Regional Office, Portland, Oregon. Taken by: Frank Flack, March 14, 1950. 7 prints and 2 negatives.
2 prints and 2 negatives.
Experiment Station. 2 prints and 2 negatives.
Retired on December 31, 1945. Taken by: G. E. Griffith. 3 prints and 1 negative.
Operation, 1954. 3 prints and 1 negative.
February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
1 print and 1 negative.
Supervisor of the Fremont National Forest, Oregon. Taken by: Frank Flack, February 28, 1950. 1 print.
OM, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
1 print and 1 negative.
Assistant Forest Supervisor, May 25, 1933. Associated Press negative given to U.S. Forest Service. 1 print.
Okanogan, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Thorton T. Munger, Division of Silviculture, in his office in the Beck building in 1924. 1 print.
Deschutes, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Supervisor of the Olympic National Forest, Washington. Taken by: Frank Flack, March 1, 1950. 1 print.
1 print and 1 negative.
Supervisor of the Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon. Taken by: Frank Flack, March 1, 1950. 1 print and 1 negative.
5 prints and 3 negatives.
Wenatchee, 1954. 2 prints and 1 negative.
Mt. Hood Forest Supervisor. Taken by: George E. Griffith, November 11, 1946. 2 prints.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in charge of Federal-States Relations. 1 print.
Assistant to the Chief, Division of Operation, Regional Office of the U.S. Forest Service. Taken by: Frank Flack, December 18, 1951. 4 prints and 1 negative.
Forest Supervisor, Olympic National Forest, April 1926-September 1935, from office of Olympic National Forest Supervisor, 1973. 1 print.
Operation. 2 prints.
5 prints.
Willamette, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Umpqua, February 1955 (Deceased March 1967). 1 print and 1 negative.
Washington Office, NFRM, 1964. 5 prints.
1 print and 1 negative.
Engineering, 1956. 8 prints and 1 negative.
February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Timber Management, January 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
1 print and 1 negative.
1973 (to Siuslaw Supervisor). 15 prints, 22 negatives, and contact sheets.
Range and Wildlife (to Great Falls, Montana), April 1960. 3 prints and 1 negative.
1 negative.
Personnel Management, February 1955. 4 prints and 2 negatives.
Umpqua National Forest, Diamond Lake District, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
2 prints and 1 negative.
Deceased October 2, 1970. 1 print and 5 negatives.
Fritz Sethe, Ranger, 1910-1915. Wind River Ranger District, Columbia National Forest, Washington. 1 print.
Engineering, 1956. 8 prints and 1 negative.
Deceased November 2, 1975. 6 prints, 4 negatives, and contact sheets.
Supervisor of Winema National Forest. Taken by: Eugene H. O'Keeffe, March 1961 and J. W. Hughes, 1967. 10 prints, 9 negatives, and contact sheets.
9 prints and 2 negatives.
Rogue River, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Division of Operation, February 1955. 3 prints and 3 negatives.
Assistant Regional Forester, 1944. Taken by: Emma H. Morton. 7 prints.
BUZ. 2 prints, 8 negatives, and contact sheets.
Taken in Regional Office, 1956. 7 prints and 1 negative.
Fiscal Control, February 1955. 2 prints and 2 negatives.
Ochoco National Forest, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
3 prints and 1 negative.
Personnel Officer, 1970. 5 prints and 5 negatives.
Supervisor, Siuslaw National Forest, May 1, 1952. 1 print and 1 negative.
Stanley C. Walters overlooks his district from High Ridge Trail to Eden Park on the north side of Mt. Hood, which shows dimly in the background, Hood River Ranger District. Taken by: Fred W. Cleator, August 1924. 1 print.
Lyle F. Watts, entered U.S. Forest Service in 1913. Regional Forester of North Central Region in 1936. Transferred as Regional Forester to Northern Pacific Region in 1939. Became Chief of U. S. Forest Service, January 16, 1943. 24 prints and 1 negative.
Siuslaw National Forest, February 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
Regional Office, 1956. 8 prints and 1 negative.
February 1955. 4 prints and 2 negatives.
Entered U.S. Forest Service in 1904. Retired on April 30, 1942. He was an engineer and worked in the field of mapping and surveying. Devices and sytems developed by him are used by military as factors in operations of war as well as in civil engineering. 2 prints and 1 negative.
Timber Management, January 1955. 1 print and 1 negative.
1 print and 1 negative.
1 negative.
Soil Conservationist, Division of Range and W. Mgmt. 1 print.
1 print and 1 negative.
1 print and 1 negative.
Retired on January 31, 1955 (1954). 3 prints and 1 negative.
Taken by: Jim Hughes, 1974. 8 prints, 6 negatives, and a contact sheet.
Series 2 contains photographs documenting U.S. Forest Service operations in Oregon and Washington with a focus on forest management, including logging, forest fire prevention, and reforestation projects. Images of Pacific Northwest national forests and recreational activities are also included. Photocopies and descriptions were created from the envelopes the images were originally stored in.
Galleries of Dendroctonus brevicornis marked on the sapwood of yellow pine, Siskiyou National Forest. Taken by: J. M. Miller, November 5, 1910. 2 prints.
Excellent reproduction of douglas-fir on the 1902 burn showing in the background trees which were not killed by fire. Taken along the road between Carson, Washington, and the Hemlock Ranger Station, Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Taken by: Varella, July 1911. 1 print.
Fire line built for the Southern Pacific Railroad by Mr. Blockley to hold east side of Dodge fire. Litter and brush cleared and piled on a 50 foot line, Clackamas County, Oregon. Taken July 29, 1911. 2 prints.
Mt. Hood National Forest, showing effect of fire on an old burn "debris type." Before the fire there was a thick cover of green brush composed mostly of cherry, alder, and willow, with a small amount of douglas fir and western hemlock. A fire about 10 years ago had killed a dense stand of fir reproduction leaving a tangled mass of debris, Clackamas County. Taken by: A. G. Varela, July 29, 1911. 1 print.
Part of an old farm on an abandoned claim in Sec. 6, T.2S, R.6E, now grown up with ferns and douglas-fir, illustrating how an area returns to forest conditions. Taken by: A. G. Varela, August 21, 1911. 1 print.
View of the area cut-over on the C. S. & R. S. Moore timber sale two years ago whosing the trees left in the selection cutting, the low stumps near Odessa. Taken by: A. G. Varela, September 2, 1911. 1 print.
View of the log pond and reserve supply of the logs at the mill of the B. V. Lumber Co., at Palmer. The bank ground is a hillside which was logged over years ago and then burned over in the 1902 fire. Taken by: A. G. Varela, September 2, 1911. 4 prints.
Spud Hill fire at time of crowning and jumping to Canyon Creek Ridge, August 4, 1937. 1 print.
Fire fighting, Summit C. fire, Mount Hood National Forest. Taken by: F. W. Cleator, August 1924. 32 prints.
Patience will be rewarded - this squirrel has already had a full meal - but is not averse to more biscuit in order to assist the photographer in getting another photo, Whitman National Forest, Oregon, August 1921. 3 prints.
Pilchuck Valley, Snoqualmie National Forest. A dense forest composed largely of rather young western hemlocks. 1 print.
Young stand of western hemlock and grand fir, Pilchuck Valley, T.29N, R.8E, W. M. Snoqualmie National Forest. Taken: August 15, 1911. 4 prints.
This tree, located on south slope of Mt. Adams, four miles north of Trout Lake, is one of the largest, if not the largest Ponderosa pine tree in the states of Oregon and Washington. Circumference (measures 4 1/2 ft. above ground): 21' 11". Total height: 198' 6". Greatest spread of branches (measured 4 ways): 59'. Its accessible location, within 200 feet of a forest road, makes it an attraction for many forest visitors, Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Taken by: R. M. Filloon, 1936. 2 prints.
Two large douglas-firs in La-Wis-Wis Forest Camp, Gifford Pinchot National Forest (Ranger William Sethe). Taken by: Ray Filloon, 1937. 3 prints.
Redwood tree with circumference, breast height, of 34 ft. Chetco redwood area, Siskiyou National Forest. Taken by: E. H. Marshall, March 6, 1941. 2 prints.
Virgin stand of old growth douglas-fir, near Baker Lake, Mt. Baker National Forest. Taken by: Ray Filloon, June-July 1945. 1 print.
Modern visitors to national forests and national grasslands are still treated to scenes remindful of the Old West. A herdsman watches over his sheep band on the Crooked River National Grassland, Ochoco National Forest. Snow peaks in distance are, from left: Broken Top, South Sister, Middle Sister and North Sister. All are ancient volcanoes of Oregon's Cascade Range. Taken by: James W. Hughes, May 1964. 1 print.
Sheepherder Henry Warren's grizzled face is part of the face of the American West, and he's one of the few people you might meet in the splendid isolation of Hells Canyon Country, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon. Taken by: James W. Hughes, May 1970. 1 print.
Sheep grazing. 1 print.
Toll gate and house on Barlow Toll Road (August 30, 1907). Area on which building was located applied for under Oct. No. 232, June 11, 1906, Cascade National Forest (Now Mt. Hood) (12-27040). Taken by: John D. Guthrie. 1 print.
4 prints.
Snohomish County, Washington. Silverton Ranger Station looking northeast. Taken by: L. A. Treen, August 19, 1910. 1 print.
Part of nursery at Silverton Ranger Station. Taken by: L. A. Treen, September 16, 1910. 1 print.
Dr. Ruse and his cabin built as a miner's cabin on Silver Creek summer home area, before survey. Now on lot 8. Dr. Ruse is a pioneer physician of the west - now retired and lives winter and summer on Silver Creek area. Taken by F. W. Cleator, September 1923. 1 print.
Old school house near Union City, Washington, built in 1869. The original douglas-fir siding is still around. Taken by: R. E. McArdle, May 17, 1925. 1 print.
Thunderhead over Mt. Adams, as seen from East Flat Top Lookout. Phyllis Lauterbach is silhouetted at corner of lookout. She has been a lookout during the war emergency. Taken by: Ray Filloon, June-July 1945. 2 prints.
Billee Web (Mrs. K. P. Cecil), forest lookout, at the alidade in the interior of Flat Top lookout (4406 ft.). Taken by: Leland J. Prater, August 10, 1949. 1 print.
Logging crew in front of camp buildings. Taken by: Ashael Curtis. 1 print.
1 print.
Lumbering douglas spruce. Falling, bucking, or sawing apart and "sniping" on rounding edge of log to facilitate taking out. Taken by: Collier (Purchased by Gaskill), 1899. 2 prints.
Lumbering crew with large douglas-fir log near Hoquiam, Washington, 1902. 1 print.
Road donkey, chute road, and loading crew at work, Snoqualmie. Taken by: H. G. Varela, August 5, 1911. 2 prints.
Loading cars with gin pole and crotch line, Snoqualmie National Forest, August 5, 1911. 1 print.
4 prints.
1 print.
Railroad hauling, logging, and lumber. Taken by: G. H. Linden, 1902. New negative made from print, December 1969. 1 print and 1 negative.
Men in seeding crew on Mt. Hebo, Spring 1910. Long handled hoes are the instruments with which the holes are made. The seed is carried in bags tied around the waist, Siuslaw National Forest. Taken by: J. F. Kummel, April 1910. 3 prints.
Portion of Mt. Hebo reforestation project, 1910-1911. 3 prints.
Crew broadcasting Sitka and Norway spruce seed on Mt. Hebo, Siuslaw National Forest. Taken by: J. F. Kummel, January 22, 1911. 2 prints.
Broadcasting maratime pine seed on Umpqua Flats. Plating black walnut nuts with dribbles. Taken by: A. E. Cohom, 1911. 1 print.
Broadcasting maratime pine seed on Umpqua Flats - Sand Dune Exp., Douglas County. Taken by: A. E. Cohom, March 1911. 2 prints.
Planting willow cuttings. Umpqua Flats - Sand Dune Exp., Douglas County. Taken by: C. P. Crane, March 1911. 1 print.
Portion of Cispus planting project, Rainier National Forest, T. 10 N., R. 9 E. Looking northward from west side of rim. 1924 planting area shown in middle and to the right. 1923 area to the left. Taken by: J. F. Kummel, May 7, 1924. 1 print.
Portion of Cispus planting project, Rainier National Forest, T. 10 N., R. 9 E. Western slope one mile south of Twin Creeks. Taken by J. F. Kummel, May 7, 1924. 2 prints.
Portion of Mt. Hebo reforestation project. 4 prints.
Saddle Mountain seeding area. 2 prints.
Zigzag River girls get a fish once in awhile, September 5, 1922. 3 prints.
"Snow ranger" Monty Atwater from Alta, Utah, on inspection trip to Heather Meadows. (Mt. Baker National Forest). Taken by: W. N. Parke, January 31, 1951. 2 prints.
Mt. St. Helens and Spirit Lake from St. Helens Club cabin, Spirit Lake District. Taken by: Roland V. Emetaz, October 1962. 3 prints and 1 negative.
Mazamas - A Portland, Oregon mountain climbing club - making their way up the 'hogsback' toward the 11,245' summit of Mt. Hood. Taken by: Roland V. Emetaz, July 1963. 1 print.
Against a backdrop of Washington's rugged North Cascades, a climber practices his rappel technique on a cliff high above the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, Okanogan National Forest. Taken by: James W. Hughes, July 1968. 1 print.
A canoe glides across the mirror-like surface of Lake Wenatchee in the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. Glacier Peak, namesake of the Glacier Peak Wilderness, is in the center distance, and Mt. David is the snow-covered peak at left. Lake Wenatchee is the source of the Wenatchee River which contains some of the wildest whitewater in the western United States. Taken by: James W. Hughes, June 1969. 1 print.
After years of popularity in Europe and the eastern United States, whitewater competitive sports are one of the newest forms of recreation in the Pacific Northwest. A two-man whitewater canoe team successfully challenges a slalom course on the Wenatchee River, near Leavenworth, Washington. 1 print.
A kayak racer has missed the slalom gate and is about to capsize in this vignette of exciting action during whitewater races on the Wenatchee River, near Leavenworth, Washington. Taken by: James W. Hughes, July 1969. 1 print.
A happy family begins a day of boating on Lake Kachess, Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. Taken by: James W. Hughes, July 1969. 1 print.
Oregon's famous Rogue River is one of the nation's eight waterways initially designated in the National Wild and Scenic River System established by congress in 1968. Here a driftboat moves through a placid stretch of the Rogue River approaching Marial in the Siskiyou National Forest portion of the river. Taken by: James W. Hughes, September 1969. 1 print.
The narrow slot of Mule Creek Canyon, where the Rogue River has worn down through the rock over the centuries, provides a test for Rogue River boatmen in the Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon. Taken by: James W. Hughes, September 1969. 1 print.
Boatmen skillfully navigate their craft through the thundering rapids of Blossom Bar on the Rogue Wild and Scenic River, Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon. A mis-cue here and boats could be dashed to splinters against the water-sculpted rocks. Taken by: James W. Hughes, September 1969. 1 print.
Good fellowship around a campfire on a frosty night is one of the priceless rewards for National Forest backcountry visitors such as this trio at Entiat Meadows, in the Glacier Peak Wilderness portion of the Wenatchee National Forest. Glow in the sky is from a rising full moon. Taken by: James W. Hughes, October 1969. 1 print.
A lone rider and horses match silhouettes against that of Balance Rock, an eroded basaltic pillar high on the Oregon rim of Hells Canyon, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Far below is the Snake River, still working to make North America's deepest gorge even deeper. Taken by: James W. Hughes, May 1970. 1 print.
Low-hanging clouds from spring storm hide upper rims of Hells Canyon, as horsemen ride the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest trail winding along the Oregon side of North America's deepest gorge. The mighty force of the Middle Snake River remains unharnessed, and hopefully will continue so. Taken by: James W. Hughes, May 1970. 2 prints.
Against a backdrop of high Wallowas, visitors hike a trail atop 8,200-foot Mt. Howard, after a gondola ride from Wallowa Lake, 3,700 feet below, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Taken by: James W. Hughes, August 1970. 1 print.
Springs that form Lost Creek, August 1910. 1 print.
Diamond Lake and Mt. Thielsen from north shore at point proposed for future addition to present resort site. Taken by: F. W. Cleator, June 1923. 1 print.
Mount Thielsen from north shore, Diamond Lake. Taken by: Walter H. Leve, May 22, 1924. 1 print.
McGravey Lake. Taken by: F. W. Cleator, August 1927. 14 prints.
Looking down easterly over Pendant Glacier from near its head. Mt. Daniels, rather smooth appearing, is located in the background to the left with La Bohn Glacier showing on its front. La Bohn Gap is between it and Mt. Bulkey, located to the right. Taken by: F. W. Cleator, June 17, 1928. 1 print.
Taken by: F. W. Cleator, June 1931. 1 print.
Mt. Adams from Olallie Lake (Columbia Listing). Taken by: Ray M. Filloon, August 1937. 6 prints.
Punch bowl, Eagle Creek Trail, August 1937. 5 prints.
Proposed Trillium Lake. Taken from dam site looking toward Mt. Hood. This lake is planned for recreation development and will be an ideal reflection site for Mt. Hood when completed. Taken by: G. E. Griffith, August 1930-September 2, 1946. 2 prints.
Mount Thielsen from the west side of Diamond Lake. Taken by: L. J. Prater, September 13, 1947. 2 prints.
Glacier Peak through the trees, with fog bank in center. Taken by: William N. Parke, August 20, 1952. 3 prints.
One of the steepest gondola rides in the United States awaits visitors to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon. The four-passenger gondolas rise 3,700 vertical feet, from the 4,500-foot level at Wallowa Lake, to the top of 8,200-foot Mt. Howard, providing visitors with spectacular views. Taken by: James W. Hughes, August 1970. 1 print.
Salt Creek Falls bathed in icicles and encrusted with ice in mid-winter. Falls along Willamette Pass Highway, Oakridge Ranger District. Taken by: L. Parker. 4 prints.
Waterfalls, Summit Fork, Thunder Creek, and Park Creek Pass, Mt. Baker National Forest (formerly Washington National Forest). 1 print.
Slash disposal, Crater Lake National Forest. Taken by: A. G. Varela. 4 prints.
Cispus CCC Camp, Columbia National Forest. Left to Right: C. J. Buck, Thornton T. Munger, Chester Morris, Robert Fechner, J. R. Bruckart, F. A. Silcox, James Frankland, John Kirkpatrick. Taken by: Lester Moncrief, August 1934. 1 print.