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Photograph of the landscape surrounding the Ridgeline Nature Trail after a fire in 1958 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Photograph shows burned trees and scorched land, as well as a mustard jar on top of a rock.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958
Photograph of the landscape surrounding the Ridgeline Nature Trail after a fire in 1958 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958
Photograph of the landscape surrounding the Ridgeline Nature Trail after a fire in 1958 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958
Photograph of a wildfire technician at Ridgeline Nature Trail after a 1958 wildfire in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1958
Photograph of landscape after a fire on July 27, 1957, near Correll Creek in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park; a U.S. Forest Service vehicle is parked at the site.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1957
Photograph of landscape after a fire on July 27, 1957, near Correll Creek in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1957
Photograph of a wooden sign discussing the devastation caused by an unauthorized fire in 1958 in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1960-07
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Sweeney confirms receipt of the letter from Secretary of Agriculture Houston stating that officers of the Forest Service have been directed to continue maintaining the lands within the boundaries of the newly created Lassen Volcanic National Park until the Department of the Interior can assume their maintenance, and thanks him for the action taken in this matter. He hopes Congress will appropriate funds allowing the Department of the Interior to take control over the park before the present session adjourns.
1916-08-21
Acting Secretary of Agriculture Vrooman informs Secretary of the Interior Lane that the only permanent improvement currently present in the Lassen Volcanic National Park is twenty miles of telephone lines. He includes a diagram showing the area of the National Park, as well as the approximate location of the telephone line. Vrooman confirms that members of the Forest Service have been directed to continue to protect the park from fire or damage until the Department of the Interior can take over administration, and asks if there is an estimate of when this transfer might take place.
1916-09-08
Secretary of Agriculture Houston has learned that the bill to create Lassen Volcanic National Park was approved by President Woodrow Wilson recently, and informs Secretary of the Interior Lane that he has directed the local officers of the Forest Service to continue to protect the area from fire or injury until such time as the officers of the Department of the Interior can take over the work.
1916-08-14