From Burley to Hailey, Idaho February 15, 2004 Administrative Facilities of the Sawtooth National Forest, 1891-1960 Historic Overview Forest Service Report No. SW-04-2195 By Anthony Godfrey, Ph.D. U.S. West Research, Inc. 2395 East Fisher Lane Salt Lake City, UT 84109 801-485-2526 [email protected] Cover Photo: "Ranger Station on Southfork Creek, Cassia County, Idaho"," no date. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................... V PREFACE................................................................................................................................ VI ACRONYMS........................................................................................................................... VII INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE ......................................................................................................................................1 FORMAT ................................................................................................................................................................1 FOREST SERVICE ORGANIZATION AND NOMENCLATURE......................................................................3 METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................................................3 CHAPTER ONE: OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................5 GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION............................................................................................................................5 Minidoka National Forest ...................................................................................................................................6 Sawtooth National Forest...................................................................................................................................7 SPATIAL BOUNDARIES......................................................................................................................................8 TEMPORAL BOUNDARIES.................................................................................................................................8 HISTORICAL SETTING ........................................................................................................................................9 CHAPTER TWO: THE EARLY FORESTS, 1891-1960 ....................................................... 11 THE FIRST FOREST RESERVES.................................................................................................................... 11 SAWTOOTH FOREST RESERVE AND SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST ............................................. 12 Sawtooth Forest Reserve, 1905-1906 ........................................................................................................... 12 Sawtooth National Forest, 1907-1953 ........................................................................................................... 12 Sawtooth National Forest, 1953-1960 ........................................................................................................... 14 CASSIA AND RAFT RIVER FOREST RESERVES, MINIDOKA NATIONAL FOREST ............................. 15 Cassia Forest Reserve, 1903-1906 ............................................................................................................... 15 Raft River Forest Reserve, 1903-1906 .......................................................................................................... 16 Cassia and Raft River Forest Reserves, 1906.............................................................................................. 17 Cassia and Raft River National Forests, 1907-1908..................................................................................... 18 Minidoka National Forest, 1908-1953 ............................................................................................................ 18 CHAPTER THREE: ADMINISTRATION .............................................................................. 21 SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST, 1908-1914.............................................................................................. 21 SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST, 1915-1945.............................................................................................. 23 MINIDOKA NATIONAL FOREST, 1908-1945 ................................................................................................. 28 SAWTOOTH AND MINIDOKA NATIONAL FOREST, 1946-1960 ................................................................ 31 CHAPTER FOUR: NEW DEAL PROGRAMS, 1933-1942 .................................................. 33 CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS ............................................................................................................... 33 i THE CCC AND THE SAWTOOTH ................................................................................................................... 33 THE CCC & ERA ON THE MINIDOKA ............................................................................................................ 36 CCC'S FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY, 1983 ......................................................................................................... 39 CCC & CULTURAL RESOURCES, 1992 ........................................................................................................ 39 CHAPTER FIVE: SUPERVISOR’S OFFICES...................................................................... 41 SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST .................................................................................................................. 41 Hailey Supervisor’s Office and Warehouse................................................................................................... 41 Hailey Supervisor’s Residence and Garage.................................................................................................. 43 MINIDOKA NATIONAL FOREST ..................................................................................................................... 44 Burley Supervisor’s Dwelling and Garage ..................................................................................................... 44 Burley Portable Warehouse............................................................................................................................ 44 CHAPTER SIX: SNF RANGER DISTRICTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SITES................... 45 A. FAIRFIELD RANGER DISTRICT................................................................................................................. 45 Big Smoky Administrative Site........................................................................................................................ 46 Big Smoky Guard Station and Pasture .......................................................................................................... 46 Boardman Administrative Site ........................................................................................................................ 48 Buttercup Administrative Site.......................................................................................................................... 49 Cold Springs Administrative Site .................................................................................................................... 49 Deer Park [Iron Mountain] Administrative Site............................................................................................... 50 Emma Creek Administrative Site.................................................................................................................... 50 Fairfield Ranger Station .................................................................................................................................. 50 Grouse Creek Administrative Site .................................................................................................................. 52 Hay Press Administrative Site ........................................................................................................................ 52 Hunter Creek Guard Station ........................................................................................................................... 53 Indian Camp Administrative Site .................................................................................................................... 54 Liberal [Old] Administrative Site...................................................................................................................... 54 Neut Revis Ranger Station/Liberal Guard Station......................................................................................... 54 Pine Administrative Site .................................................................................................................................. 56 Salt Ground Administrative Site...................................................................................................................... 57 Scotland Administrative Site ........................................................................................................................... 57 Shake Creek Ranger Station.......................................................................................................................... 58 Skeleton Creek Administrative