United States Department of Agriculture On Horseback and Forest Service By Highway Intermountain Region Wasatch-Cache Administrative Facilities of the National Forest Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 1902-1960 November 2005 Historic Context Statement and Evaluations Forest Service Report No. WS-05-731 Cover: Mill City Ranger Station (top); Forest Service Building in Ogden in 1933, now headquarters of the Ogden Ranger District (middle); Kamas Ranger Station in 1937 (bottom). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (202) 720- 5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 2 On Horseback and By Highway Administrative Facilities of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 1902-1960 Historic Context Statement and Evaluations Forest Service Report No. WS-05-731 By Richa Wilson Regional Architectural Historian USDA Forest Service Intermountain Region Facilities Group 324 25th Street Ogden, UT 84401 801-625-5704 [email protected] Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................................I PREFACE .......................................................................................................................................................... VI ACRONYMS.....................................................................................................................................................VII MAPS .................................................................................................................................................................IX CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................ 1 SPATIAL BOUNDARIES...............................................................................................................................................1 TEMPORAL BOUNDARIES .........................................................................................................................................1 HISTORICAL SETTING.................................................................................................................................................1 CHAPTER 2: THE EARLY FOREST RESERVES......................................................................................... 3 PUBLIC SENTIMENT ....................................................................................................................................................3 CACHE NATIONAL FOREST.......................................................................................................................................4 Logan Forest Reserve, 1903-1906 ...............................................................................................................................4 Bear River Forest Reserve, 1906-1908........................................................................................................................5 Port Neuf Forest Reserve, 1907-1908..........................................................................................................................6 Cache National Forest, 1908-1973..............................................................................................................................6 Idaho Divisions.........................................................................................................................................................6 Monte Cristo Township............................................................................................................................................6 Willard Addition.......................................................................................................................................................7 Ogden River Addition ..............................................................................................................................................7 Wellsville and Ogden Valley Additions..................................................................................................................8 WASATCH NATIONAL FOREST ................................................................................................................................9 Grantsville Forest Reserve, 1904-1908 .......................................................................................................................9 Tooele Forest Reserve...................................................................................................................................................9 Salt Lake Forest Reserve, 1904-1908 ........................................................................................................................10 Vernon Forest Reserve, 1906-1908............................................................................................................................11 Wasatch Forest Reserve, 1906-1908 .........................................................................................................................11 The Consolidated Wasatch National Forest, 1908-1973..........................................................................................12 The Vernon Division ..............................................................................................................................................12 Inter-Forest Boundaries..........................................................................................................................................12 Summit County Addition .......................................................................................................................................13 Davis County and Morgan County Additions.......................................................................................................14 Unsuccessful Additions..........................................................................................................................................14 WASATCH-CACHE CONSOLIDATION, 1973 ........................................................................................................15 PERSONNEL..................................................................................................................................................................17 CHAPTER 3: NEW DEAL PROGRAMS....................................................................................................... 19 WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION ...............................................................................................................19 CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS........................................................................................................................19 Camp F-1, Logan Canyon..........................................................................................................................................19 Camp F-2, Blacksmith Fork Canyon .........................................................................................................................20 Camp F-4, Smith’s Fork and Camp F-7, Blacks Fork..............................................................................................21 Camp F-6, Soapstone..................................................................................................................................................21 Camps F-34, Hyrum ...................................................................................................................................................22 Camp F-35, Manila.....................................................................................................................................................23 Camp F-38, Big Cottonwood......................................................................................................................................23 Camp F-48, Bountiful & Camp F-49 Farmington Canyon......................................................................................24 ON HORSEBACK AND BY HIGHWAY I Camp F-51, Huntsville ............................................................................................................................................... 24 State Camps ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Camp SE-201 Davis County ................................................................................................................................. 25 Camp SE-204 Brigham City.................................................................................................................................. 25 Camp SE-205 Woods Cross.................................................................................................................................. 25 CHAPTER 4: NURSERIES