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R         Mark Twain National Forest (Mo.).  Salem Ranger District.

921                  Photographs, 1937-1941.

                                    Four folders.

 

 

 

These are photographic prints of Civilian Conservation Corps and U.S. Forest Service pro­jects in what was then the Clark National Forest.  Included are views from Centerville in Reynolds County, Loggers Lake in Shannon County, and Little Scotia Pond in Dent County, Missouri.

 

This collection comes from the papers of Bruce Platt, district ranger at the U. S. Forest Ser­vice Salem Ranger District in the 1970s and 1980s.  The views are dated 1937-1941, when the area was still part of the Clark National Forest.  Later, the Salem District became part of the Mark Twain National Forest.  The views include both original snapshots and prints made from Forest Service negatives; most are accompanied by modern enlargements.  There are no negatives with the collection.  All prints are captioned and, where applicable, bear a U. S. Forest Service negative number.  One view, of Little Scotia Pond, is cred­ited to Arthur Witman, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff photographer.  Some of the photographs have been mounted for display.

 

The photographs show forestry and recreation projects of the Civilian Conservation Corps, specifically those in the Salem District undertaken by Company 1730 located at Bunker in Rey­nolds County.  There are views of timber forest stand improvement and experimental plantings in the Salem District, work at Little Scotia Pond in Dent County and Loggers Lake in Shannon County, work on the Buick-West Fork Road, and structures at the Forest Service district head­quarters at Center­ville.

 

Additional information on Civilian Conservation Corps projects in Mis­souri may be found in the Mark Twain National Forest local history and photograph collections, WHMC-Rolla R471 and WHMC-Rolla R485.

 

 

 

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