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Blackfeet control vast western Montana before American arrival
Patricia Corley recalls the early Bitter Root forest service headquarters at Alta, the first ranger station in the United States, built by H. C. Tuttle and Than Wilkerson. It outlines 1889 1910 fires, Indigenous tribes including the Blackfeet Flatheads Crows and Shoshones, and the evolution of forest management from pioneer days to a modern national forest system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Forest Service
Bitter Root Preserve
H. C. Tuttle
N. E. Wilkerson
Patricia Corleyne
Alta
Bitter Root
Montana
Old Glory
Forest Service
Idaho
United States
N. F
Than
Grantsdale
United States Forestry
Union
Wilkerson
Forestry Service
King of Rangers
Congress
Yellowstone Park
Harrison
Land Office
Department of the Interior
Forest Reserves
National Forests
Bitter Root National Forest Reserve
Pope Catlin
Veeder
Missoula
Ed Baker
Ben Lancaster
Stevensville
Mr. Baker
Hughes Creek
Pony Express
National Forest
W. W. White
Bitter Root National Forest
Moose Creek
Rock Creek
Wallace
Fenning
Roy Fitting
Lewis and Clark
Yellowstone
Saskatchewan
Three Forks
Missouri
Hamilton
Wilfred White
James Vance
Packer Mathison
Pioneer Rangers
Will C. Barnes
Washinton
D. C
Portland
Ore
D. A. Bishop
Bill Lee
United States Department of Agriculture
New Mexico
Prickly Pear
Atlantic
Rockies
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Glacier Park
Buffalo
Manuel Lisa
Helena
Sanders
Jefferson
Paul and Hanley
Musselshell
Great Falls
Hellgate Canyon
Madison Valley
Henry's Lake
Alexander Ross
Crow Country
Nez Perces