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    J. B. Halm Photo Album 6: U.S. Forest Service
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    Pg. 1: Seeley Lake
    Pg. 2: Dr. Riley's House
    Pg. 2: Boats, Seeley Lake
    Pg. 2: Seeley Lake
    Pg. 3: Danielson, Sunset Peak
    Pg. 3: A crows nest
    Pg. 3: Lookout house
    Pg. 3: Morrell Peak
    Pg. 4: Mission Mountains
    Pg. 4: Wakely, Gold Peak
    Pg. 4: Old lookout tower
    Pg. 4: Gold Creek Fire
    Pg. 5: New lookout tower
    Pg. 5: "Fisher Jack"
    Pg. 5: Stony Creek Ranger Station
    Pg. 5: Lookout tower construction
    Pg. 6: Nichols, Rock Creek
    Pg. 6: Ralph Stocking, Sliderock Mountain
    Pg. 6: Nichols, Lynch, and "Fisher Jack"
    Pg. 6: Quigg Peak
    Pg. 7: Ralph Stocking's cabin
    Pg. 7: Sliderock Lookout
    Pg. 7: Rock Creek Ranger Station
    Pg. 8: Logging trespass
    Pg. 8: Logging slash
    Pg. 8: Left the slash
    Pg. 8: "Mac", Mt. Emerine
    Pg. 9: Ice cave, Mt. Emerine
    Pg. 9: Horses
    Pg. 9: Long at the top
    Pg. 9: "Long John" and dog
    Pg. 9: Lake below Mt. Emerine
    Pg. 9: "Jin" Pole
    Pg. 9: First bent
    Pg. 9: Second bent
    Pg. 10: Ready to brace
    Pg. 10: Legs of tower
    Pg. 10: Cross tie
    Pg. 10: Snow on Grizzly Peak
    Pg. 10: Grizzly Peak
    Pg. 11: Bork in deep snow
    Pg. 11: Grizzly Peak
    Pg. 11: Better snow
    Pg. 12: Bungalow
    Pg. 12: Bateau boat
    Pg. 12: "Mac", "Bill", and Frank in boat
    Pg. 12: Drifts on river
    Pg. 13: Trail on river
    Pg. 13: Walk or swim
    Pg. 13: Bad cliffs
    Pg. 14: Powder to clear the way
    Pg. 14: A fine trail
    Pg. 14: Cliffs
    Pg. 14: Finished trail
    Pg. 15: Castle Bluff
    Pg. 15: Cliffs
    Pg. 15: Surveying along cliff
    Pg. 15: Finished trail
    Pg. 16: Wide tread
    Pg. 16: Oro Grande and Clearwater River
    Pg. 16: Safe trail
    Pg. 16: Castle Bluff
    Pg. 16: Dangerous work
    Pg. 16: Finished trail
    Pg. 17: Camp, Castle Bluff
    Pg. 17: Bill Cain's Cliffs
    Pg. 17: Trail and bridge, "Bill's" Cliffs
    Pg. 17: Bridge, "Bill's" Cliffs
    Pg. 18: Cottage Bluff
    Pg. 18: Battery explosion on cliff
    Pg. 18: Finished trail, Cottage Bluff
    Pg. 18: Finshed trail
    Pg. 18: Standing on finished trail
    Pg. 19: Twin Falls, Clearwater Trail
    Pg. 19: Tunnel through reef
    Pg. 19: Trail through reef
    Pg. 20: Standing in tunnel
    Pg. 20: Portaging boat
    Pg. 20: Irish Ry
    Pg. 20: West end of tunnel
    Pg. 21: Quiet camp
    Pg. 21: Frank with fish
    Pg. 21: Clean and comfortable camp
    Pg. 21: A hearty supper
    Pg. 22: Caught in current
    Pg. 22: Caught in rapids
    Pg. 22: Trapper cabin, Lower Twin Creek
    Pg. 23: Mouth of Twin Creeks
    Pg. 23: Rough canyon walls
    Pg. 23: Quiet pool in canyon
    Pg. 23: Difficult surveying
    Pg. 24: Quartz Creek
    Pg. 24: Trapper's Cabin
    Pg. 24: McKinnons cabin
    Pg. 24: "Bill" in tree
    Pg. 25: Finished trail
    Pg. 25: Cut through sand
    Pg. 25: No crooks and turns
    Pg. 26: Clearwater River
    Pg. 26: Hewed tread on bridge
    Pg. 26: Bridge construction
    Pg. 26: A poorly placed bridge
    Pg. 27: A corduroy bridge
    Pg. 27: Selway Survey
    Pg. 27: Bad cliffs, Selway River
    Pg. 27: Selway Falls
    Pg. 28: Ellico, Selway River
    Pg. 28: Fred Wilfong, Nezperce Pass
    Pg. 28: Deep snow, Nezperce Pass
    Pg. 28: View from Nezperce Pass
    Pg. 29: Summit of Nezperce Pass
    Pg. 29: Typical Bitterroot trail
    Pg. 29: Into the basin
    Pg. 29: Fish Lake Ranger Station
    Pg. 30: Fish Lake Ranger Station
    Pg. 30: Camp at Fish Lake
    Pg. 30: Tent at Fish Lake
    Pg. 30: Canoe, Fish Lake
    Pg. 31: Fish Lake
    Pg. 31: Taking a rest
    Pg. 31: Sliding down the mountain
    Pg. 31: Coasting down
    Pg. 32: Snow bank
    Pg. 32: Deep snow drifts
    Pg. 32: Lyman and Dana with snow bank
    Pg. 32: Lyman and Dana with snow bank
    Pg. 33: Heading home
    Pg. 33: Pack train
    Pg. 33: "Jerry" the mule
    Pg. 33: "Jerry" objecting
    Pg. 33: All's well that ends well
    Pg. 34: Hawley cooking
    Pg. 34: Garden of flowers
    Pg. 34: View of flowers
    Pg. 34: Mountain daisies
    Pg. 34: Fred leading pack train
    Pg. 35: Sunday in camp
    Pg. 35: Eating at Mosquito Camp
    Pg. 35: Supper at camp
    Pg. 36: Writing letters
    Pg. 36: Trapper's cabin near Wallow Mountain
    Pg. 36: Camp, Wallow Mountain
    Pg. 36: Short of grub
    Pg. 37: Rim of Quartz Creek Canyon
    Pg. 37: The boss
    Pg. 37: Taking pictures
    Pg. 37: Lyman and Halm
    Pg. 37: Quartz Creek Canyon
    Pg. 38: Resting on brink, Quartz Creek Canyon
    Pg. 38: Looking down canyon
    Pg. 38: Resting on top of canyon
    Pg. 38: Down into the Quartz Canyon
    Pg. 39: Leaving Chamberlin Meadows
    Pg. 39: Resting at lake
    Pg. 39: Group of lakes
    Pg. 39: Large lake
    Pg. 40: Chamberlin Meadows down below
    Pg. 40: Camp, Lake Creek
    Pg. 40: Mouth of Lake Creek
    Pg. 40: Good fishing, Black Canyon
    Pg. 41: Mr. Harris and horse
    Pg. 41: Breaking camp, Twin Lakes
    Pg. 41: Twin Lakes
    Pg. 41: View across Twin Lakes
    Pg. 42: Over the Pale Mountain
    Pg. 42: Fire weed along trail
    Pg. 42: Fawn, Avery Ranger Station
    Pg. 42: Pet fawn and girl
    Pg. 43: Pet fawn sent to a Spokane park
    Pg. 43: Hawley on water wagon
    Pg. 43: Dana and Lyman, fierce combat
    Pg. 43: Dana is victorious
    Pg. 44: Tables turned for Lyman
    Pg. 44: Lyman is victorious
    Pg. 44: Dana and Lyman, shaking hands
    Pg. 44: Boss declares fair play
    Pg. 45: Wild canyon river
    Pg. 45: Canyon river
    Pg. 45: Libby Troy Road
    Pg. 45: A bad turn
    Pg. 46: Bad turn, Libby Troy Road
    Pg. 46: Bad turn, Libby Troy Road
    Pg. 46: Looking toward trails
    Pg. 46: A dangerous place, Libby Troy Road
    Pg. 47: Bridge, Libby Troy Road
    Pg. 47: New section, Libby Troy Road
    Pg 47: Crossing the ford, North Fork, Coeur d'Alene River
    Pg. 47: Moving logs, Nork Fork, Coeur d'Alene River
    Pg. 48: Big Creek, North Fork, Coeur d'Alene River
    Pg. 48: Bad crossing
    Pg. 48: Theme looking at Big Creek
    Pg. 48: Surveying across the Blueslide
    Pg. 49: Modlin and Clack, Lost Creek Bluffs
    Pg. 49: Lost Creek Bluffs
    Pg. 49: Bad footing, Lost Creek Bluffs
    Pg. 50: High bluffs
    Pg. 50: On a raft
    Pg. 50: Carlson alone at camp
    Pg. 51: Rock City fire camp
    Pg. 51: Crew at Rock City fire camp
    Pg. 51: Crew and tents
    Pg. 51: "At home", Rock City fire camp
    Pg. 52: A fine trail
    Pg. 52: Dinner at camp
    Pg. 52: Camp kitchen and cooks
    Pg. 52: "Mac" and cooks
    Pg. 53: Over 5000 meals served from camp
    Pg. 53: Kitchen and cooks
    Pg. 53: Fresh baked bread
    Pg. 53: No flies in the kitchen
    Pg. 54: Neat and clean kitchen
    Pg. 54: "Dad" was death on grasshpoppers
    Pg. 54: Fishing
    Pg. 54: "The Chef"
    Pg. 55: "Dad" late to dinner
    Pg. 55: Lines of fish
    Pg. 55: Carlson, "Lolo Joe", and Fairchild
    Pg. 55: Straight trail
    Pg. 56: Stretch of new trail
    Pg. 56: "Class A" trail
    Pg. 56: Louie Fairchild, Camp Chef
    Pg. 57: Supplies up the North Fork
    Pg. 57: Horse power pole boats
    Pg. 57: A boatman
    Pg. 57: Camp, North Fork
    Pg. 57: Camp in sight of ford
    Pg. 57: Camp across river
    Pg. 57: Camp kitchen
    Pg. 57: Working hard
    Pg. 58: Clean and flyproof kitchen
    Pg. 58: Calson, bull cook
    Pg. 58: Camp kitchen
    Pg. 58: Spuds for supper
    Pg. 58: Eating dinner
    Pg. 58: Dinner
    Pg. 59: "Higgins Ave." at camp
    Pg. 59: Headquarters
    Pg. 59: Tents along "Higgins Ave."
    Pg. 59: Rock City Ranger Station
    Pg. 59: The boss
    Pg. 59: No rocks, no city
    Pg. 59: End of "Higgins Ave."
    Pg. 60: Early at camp
    Pg. 60: Trail
    Pg. 60: Camp was deserted
    Pg. 60: The straightaway
    Pg. 60: Pack string at Rock City
    Pg. 60: Fine trail in Idaho
    Pg. 60: Fine trail
    Pg. 61: Oscar Wold
    Pg. 61: J. B. Halm
    Pg. 61: Miss Watts
    Pg. 61: Dan Conner
    Pg. 61: F. A. Silcox
    Pg. 61: "Banny"
    Pg. 62: G. I. Porter
    Pg. 62: R. H. Rutledge
    Pg. 62: O. W. Wilheite
    Pg. 62: F. Ehieme
    Pg. 62: J. B. Halm
    Pg. 63: R. H. Rutledge
    Pg. 63: Charles Skeeles
    Pg. 63: Major Fenn
    Pg. 63: F. G. Clark
    Pg. 63: Major Fenn
    Pg. 64: Ray Mauer
    Pg. 64: H. A. Calkins
    Pg. 64: Frank Bonner
    Pg. 64: Bill Nagler
    Pg. 64: McAnally
    Pg. 64: R. R. Adams
    Pg. 65: Charles Niel
    Pg. 65: McGowen
    Pg. 65: G. I. P.
    Pg. 65: Elmer, George, and Buck
    Pg. 65: George Lautz
    Pg. 66: Down Jacobs Ladder, Skukum Hill
    Pg. 66: Summit of Skookum Hill
    Pg. 66: Summit of Skookum Hill
    Pg. 66: Jacobs Ladder
    Pg. 67: Trail toward Skookum Bluff
    Pg. 67: Trail became rocky
    Pg. 67: View of Skookum Bluff
    Pg. 68: Uncompleted trail at the bluff
    Pg. 68: A month later, trail completed
    Pg. 68: Trail almost level around bluffs
    Pg. 69: Heavy cut
    Pg. 69: End of construction
    Pg. 69: End of construction at bluffs
    Pg. 70: Completed trail
    Pg. 70: Eighty foot drop, but safe trail
    Pg. 70: River rushing by below
    Pg. 71: Skookum Bluff, safe and passable
    Pg. 71: Skookum Bluff, Before
    Pg. 71: Skookum Bluff, After
    Pg. 72: Skookum Bluff, not complete
    Pg. 72: Little Skookum Hill, Before
    Pg. 72: Little Skookum Hill, After
    Pg. 73: Little Skookum Hill, Before
    Pg. 73: Little Skookum Hill, After
    Pg. 73: Little Skookum Hill, Before
    Pg. 74: Little Skookum Hill, After
    Pg. 74: Little Skookum Hill, Before
    Pg. 74: Little Skookum Hill, After
    Pg. 75: Little Skookum Hill, Before
    Pg. 75: Little Skookum Hill, After
    Pg. 75: Mrs. Halm and Mrs. Roach with horses
    Pg. 76: At Packsaddle
    Pg. 76: Skookum Creek Bridge, Before
    Pg. 76: Skookum Creek Bridge, After
    Pg. 77: After lunch
    Pg. 77: At Skookum Creek
    Pg. 77: Mrs. Halm, Mrs. Roach, looking coy
    Pg. 77: Mrs. Halm, Mrs. Roach
    Pg. 78: Bluffs at the Half Way Hill
    Pg. 78: Bluffs at the Half Way Hill
    Pg. 78: Bluffs at the Half Way Hill
    Pg. 79: Big "S" on the St. Joe
    Pg. 79: Bad bluffs
    Pg. 79: More bad cliffs
    Pg. 79: Standing on bad bluffs
    Pg. 80: Avery and Kelly Creek Trail across river
    Pg. 80: The Kelly Creek trail
    Pg. 80: End of construction
    Pg. 82: The District Office, 1914, Group Portrait

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