Montana History Portal

Sleeping Child Burn, 1961 32

Wildfires -- Prevention and control 31

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (Idaho and Mont.) 30

Timber -- Management 26

Ponderosa pine 23

Mules -- Transportation 21

Children 18

Forest fire fighters 18

Packtrains 18

Smoke 18

Soil erosion 18

Trails 18

Saddle Mountain Burn, 1960 17

Snow 17

West Fork Ranger District (Mont.) 16

Darby Ranger District (Mont.) 15

Forest fires -- Equipment and supplies 15

Lodgepole pine 15

Logging -- Environmental aspects 15

Tents 15

Forest fires -- Environmental aspects 14

Baird & Harper Lumber Company (Warland, Mont.) 13

Hunters 13

Outdoor cooking 13

Pine 13

Tree planters (Persons) 13

Tree stumps 13

Automobiles 12

Bell 47 (Helicopter) 12

Cargo 12

Cars 12

Logs 12

Salmon River (Idaho) 12

Bell Aircraft Corporation 11

Bitterroot Valley (Mont.) 11

Debris 11

Water sports 11

Cliffs 10

Portrait photograph 9

Signs and signboards 9

Snowfields 9

Sowing 9

Women 9

Life jackets 8

Log buildings 8

Rafting (Sports) 8

Reservoirs 8

Rocks 8

Ski resorts 8

Stevensville Ranger District (Mont.) 8

Sula Ranger District (Mont.) 8

Tree planting 8

Trees 8

Trucks 8

Waterfalls 8

Airplanes 7

Bitterroot Mountains (Idaho and Mont.) 7

Bitterroot Range (Idaho and Mont.) 7

Boulders 7

Campers (Persons) 7

Conservation 7

Packbox Pass (Mont.) 7

Rafts 7

Rapids 7

Ravalli County Airport (Mont.) 7

Shotguns 7

Skis and skiing 7

Backpacks 6

Camping -- Equipment and Supplies 6

Douglas fir 6

Forest plantations 6

Grazing 6

Group portaits 6

Hoe dag 6

Magruder Ranger District (Idaho) 6

Terracing 6

Wooden fences 6

Big Creek Trail (Mont.) 5

Douglas fir -- Seedlings 5

Fishermen 5

Fishing 5

Fishing rods 5

Forest fires -- Prevention and control 5

Horsemen and horsewomen 5

Log cabins 5

Motorboats 5

Range management 5

Snags (Forestry) 5

Trails -- Design and construction 5

Trails -- Maintenance and repair 5

Waders (Fishing) 5

Bass Creek Trail (Mont.) 4

Bridges 4

Buildings 4

College teachers 4

Dams 4

Flatbed trucks 4

Helicopter pilots 4

Lake Como (Mont.) 4

Landscape photography 4

Litton, Martin 4

Meadows 4

Saddles 4

Selway River (Idaho) 4

Sula Ranger Station (Mont.) 4

Teachers 4

Timber -- Harvesting 4

Velocity head rod 4

Wilderness areas 4

Wilkerson, Than (N. E.), 1866-1952 4

Wooden bridges 4

YMCA 4

Alta Ranger Station (Mont.) 3

Anderson, I. V. (Irvin Victor), 1898-1982 3

Axes 3

Bitterroot Mountains (Idaho and Mont.) 3

Boyer, Robert Allen, 1929-2004 3

Brandborg, G. M. (Guy Mathew), 1893-1977 3

Camping trailers 3

Canyons 3

Chainsaws 3

Checks 3

Cochrell, Albert N., 1895-1971 3

Darby (Mont.) 3

Davis, Kenneth P., 1906-1982 3

Drift fences 3

Eddy, Lesley E. 3

Fitzgerald, Russell Colter, 1891-1949 3

Hand games 3

Hartson, Harley Howard, 1896-1984 3

Hiking 3

Larson, Stanford Hugo, 1907-1953 3

Lewis, Harold Arthur, Lieutenant, 1915-1945 3

Lumber 3

Neff, Philip, 1885-1949 3

Neth, Myron 3

Pine -- Seedlings 3

Pipe smoking 3

Ponderosa pine -- Seedlings 3

Powell, L. M. 3

Railroad cars 3

Ravalli County (Mont.) 3

Roaring Lion Fire, 1939 3

Rock-drills 3

Rombo Creek Campground (Mont.) 3

Salmon National Forest (Idaho) 3

Saw horses 3

Shockley, C. W. (Clyde Worth), 1885-1956 3

Signs and signboards--United States--History 3

Slash (Logging) 3

Snowpack 3

Stormy Pass (Mont.) 3

Sula Ranger Station (Mont.) -- Building, structures, etc. 3

Water skiing 3

West Fork Ranger Station (Mont.) 3

Western larch 3

Western spruce budworm -- Control -- Environmental aspects -- Montana -- Bitterroot National Forest 3

White, W. W. (Wilfred W.), 1877-1939 3

Agriculture 2

Autumn 2

Backhoes 2

Big game hunting 2

Bigler, Bob 2

Blasting 2

Building materials 2

Cattle 2

Charles Waters Campground (Mont.) 2

Chavez, Ralph, Jr., 1950- 2

Christmas trees -- Processing 2

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). -- Camp Trapper Creek (Darby, Mont.) 2

Creels (Fishing) 2

Crest stage gage 2

Dead animals 2

Dogs 2

Education 2

Elk 2

Flagpoles 2

Flags -- American 2

Ford Three-engined Monoplane (Transport plane) 2

Fuelwood 2

Gardner, Morris Calvin, 1923-2005 2

Gauges 2

Girl Scouts 2

Grantsdale Elementary School (Hamilton, Mont.) 2

Group pictures 2

Hart Bench Ranch (Darby, Mont.) 2

Hells Half Acre Lookout (Idaho) 2

Hickman, Jim 2

Idaho Primitive Area (Idaho) 2

Irrigation 2

Irrigation canals and flumes 2

Iversen, Leslie E., 1905-1976 2

J. Hofert Co. 2

Jammers (Logging) 2

Job Corps (U.S.) 2

Kootenai Creek Trail (Mont.) 2

Ladders 2

Lakes 2

Litters 2

Log cabins -- Design and construction 2

Logging trucks 2

Lord, Dick (Richard Osell), 1939- 2

Lost Trail Pass (United States) 2

Magruder Ranger Station (Idaho) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 2

Nousianen, A. O. (Arne O.), 1913-1998 2

Nousianeu, Arne 2

Pack animals (Transportation) 2

Payette National Forest (Idaho) 2

Picnic tables 2

Portrait photgraphs 2

Rivers 2

Roads 2

Roads -- Design and construction 2

Rocky Mountain Equipment 2

Rumex crispus 2

Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area (Idaho) 2

Sheafman Pass (Mont.) 2

Snow course markers 2

Snowshoes and snowshoeing 2

Sonntag, Walter John, 1915-1945 2

Spores, David Martin, 1942-2018 2

Stevensville (Mont.) 2

Students 2

Sula Ranger Station (Mont.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 2

Surveying -- Instruments 2

Tape measures 2

Telephones 2

Thistles 2

Timber stand improvement 2

Utility poles 2

Water current meters 2

Western River Expeditions, Inc. 2

White Stallion Camp Trail (Mont.) 2

Wild flowers 2

Wildfires -- Environmental aspects 2

Women athletes 2

aerial views 2

Abandoned buildings 1

Aircraft accidents 1

Alder Ridge Fire, 1962 1

Alder Ridge Fire, 1963 1

Anaconda Copper Mining Company 1

Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness (Mont.) 1

Augers 1

Baldwin, Kenneth Knight, 1908-2007 1

Balsamroot 1

Bear-lily 1

Binoculars 1

Birds 1

Bitterroot 1

Bitterroot Range (Idaho and Mont.) 1

Bitterroot Valley (Mont.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1

Black Bear Ranger Station 1

Blodgett Pass (Mont.) 1

Blue grouse 1

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 1

Bulletin boards 1

Buses 1

Campfires 1

Camping -- Equipment and supplies 1

Caruso, Dick (Richard Alan), 1917-2019 1

Chaffin, Vern E., 1917-2000 1

Chain saws 1

Christmas trees -- Transportation 1

Church buildings 1

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Officials and employees 1

Clearcutting -- Environmental aspects 1

Corrals 1

Crawford, Ed 1

Cultural landscapes 1

Cut slope 1

Dams -- Design and construction 1

Darby Ranger Station (Mont.) 1

Docks 1

Donkeys 1

Douglas B-18 (Bomber) 1

Dusky grouse 1

Farms 1

Fill slope 1

Fir 1

Fire fighters 1

Fire lookouts 1

Fire pits 1

Flowers 1

Footbridges 1

Ford trucks 1

Forest fire fighters -- Training of 1

Forests 1

Fort Owen (Mont.) -- Buildings, structures, etc 1

Fort Owen (Mont.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1

Gorges 1

Grills 1

Grove, John 1

Hanson, E. Arnold (Elbert Arnold), 1913-1988 1

Hay -- Harvesting 1

Heifers 1

Hereford cattle 1

Hessel, Joseph N. 1

Horses -- Equipment and supplies 1

Houseboats 1

Houses 1

Indian Trees Campground (Mont.) 1

Irwin, Dean Walter, 1943-2014 1

Jack-leg fences 1

Jesuits -- Missions 1

Lake Como Campground (Mont.) 1

Lappi Lake Trail (Mont.) 1

Leonard, Dick 1

Likens, Jack 1

Little Beaver (Tool) 1

Lost Horse Guard Station (Mont.) 1

Luggage 1

Lykens, Jack 1

Maps 1

Maud Pass (Idaho) 1

Medicine Springs Ranger Station 1

Mission Mountains (Mont.) 1

Montana Wilderness Association 1

Motorola, Inc. 1

Northern Pacific Railway Company 1

Outhouses 1

Paper mulch 1

Paradise Guard Station (Idaho) 1

Photograph portraits 1

Pickaxes 1

Placer mining -- Equipment and Supplies 1

Pole pruners 1

Prescribed fires 1

Radio in fire prevention 1

Railroad freight cars 1

Ralls, Bob 1

Rangelands 1

Reforestation 1

Richie, Gerald 1

Road construction -- Mont. 1

Saint Mary's Lookout (Mont.) 1

Sapphire Mountains (Mont.) 1

Sawmills -- Equipment and supplies 1

Saws 1

School buses 1

Sheep 1

Sheepherders 1

Sheepherding 1

Skyline Trail (Idaho) 1

Slash and burn cultivation 1

Slurry 1

Smith, Charles 1

Smith, Don 1

Smith, Don -- Homes and haunts 1

Smokejumpers 1

Snags (Forestry) 1

Snowmobiles 1

Soil scarification 1

South Fork Kootenai Trail (Mont.) 1

Spillways 1

Spoil banks 1

Spruce 1

St. Mary Peak Fire Lookout Tower (Mont.) 1

Stanhope, Ralph W., 1924-1984 1

Stone walls 1

Stoves 1

Sula (Mont.) 1

Swan, Kenneth D. (Kenneth Dupee), 1887-1970 1

Teepees 1

Telephone lines -- Design and construction 1

The Wilderness Society 1

Thompson, Vern 1

Threemile Wildlife Management Area 1

Timber 1

Tipis 1

Tourists 1

Trails -- Maintenence and repair 1

Trapper Peak (Ravalli County, Mont.) 1

Travel trailers 1

Tree cookies 1

Tree girdling 1

Tree-rings 1

Truck campers 1

Truck trailers 1

Turboprop transports 1

Tuttle, H. C. 1

United States Highway 93 1

United States Information Agency. Motion Picture and Television Service 1

United States. Forest Service. Northern Region 1

United States. Forest Service. Washington Office 1

Upper Blackfoot Valley (Mont.) 1

West Fork Ranger Station (Mont.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1

Wild Montana, 1983- 1

Wildlife photography 1

Wilhelm, Agatha Marie, 1907-2005 1

Wood waste 1

Xerophyllum tenax 1

Zenith televisions 1

oblique views 1

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Above Rainier Rapids on Salmon River

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Alta Ranger Station

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Backpacking near Bass Creek

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Big Creek Lake [umt018872]

Big Creek Lake [umt018874]

Big Creek Lake [umt018876]

Big Creek Lake [umt018894]

Big Creek Lake [umt018896]

Big Creek Lake and Sky Pilot Peak

Big Creek Lakes [umt018881]

Big Creek Lakes [umt018882]

Big Sand Lake [umt018886]

Big Sand Lake [umt018887]

Bitterroot Peaks, from Fred Burr Canyon

Bitterroot mountains reservoir

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Bitterroot-Salmon boundary [umt018743]

Blackfoot Valley

Blasted rock spoil in Bitterroot Valley

Blodgett Canyon

Blodgett Canyon [umt018817]

Blodgett Canyon [umt018818]

Blodgett Canyon [umt018828]

Blodgett Canyon [umt018831]

Blodgett Canyon [umt018832]

Blodgett Canyon [umt018833]

Blodgett Canyon [umt018834]

Blodgett Canyon [umt018835]

Blodgett Pass trail maintenance

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Bridge at White Cap Creek

Bulletin Board, Indian Trees park

Bundling Douglas Fir Christmas trees

Burnt Fork Lake reservoir

Cameron Creek

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Camping at Rombo Creek Campground [umt018790]

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