Nels Bruseth writings, correspondence and scrapbook of botanical specimens, 1918-1949.

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Nels Bruseth writings, correspondence and scrapbook of botanical specimens, 1918-1949.

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The Nels Bruseth writings, correspondence and scrapbook of botanical specimens consist of a botanical scrapbook, as well as avocational correspondence and writings about the Stillaguamish tribe, Native American stories, the city of Darrington, Washington, the United State Forest Service, and Snohomish County's history, geology, and forests. There are also five photographs of Bruseth and John Bruckart taken at the Mt. Pugh lookout on September 11, 1918. Correspondents include T.C. Frye, George Rigg, Else Frye, Statira Biggs, Arthur Ballard, S.B. Emens, and H.W. Booth. Also included is a typescript copy of an essay titled 'On Top of the World'' by Byron Fish about firewatchers in the Cascades, which refers to Bruseth.

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United States. Forest Service

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The evolution of the USDA Forest Service is rooted in the General Provision Act of l89l in which Congress authorized the President to designate particular areas of the forested public domain to be set aside as "reserves" for future use. The number and size of these reserves increased notably in l897 when the President was authorized to establish reserves in order to protect watersheds, to preserve timber, and to provide lumber for local use. There was no provision for management or...

Fish, Byron, 1908-1996

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Frye, Theodore C. (Theodore Christian), 1869-

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Bruseth, Nels, 1886-

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Nels Bruseth (1886-1957) was born in 1886 in Stanwood, Washington. He joined the United States Forest Service in 1916. He was a trail worker, then a lookout on Mt. Pugh. He later became a Foreman, and then the assistant to the District Ranger. He retired from the Forest Service in 1951. He was among the first to survey the Cascade Crest trail. In 1921 he married Beate Faulk, and they honeymooned at the lookout on Mt. Pugh. Bruseth was also an amateur painter, anthropologist, photographer, botani...

Rigg, George B. (George Burton)

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Ballard, Arthur C. (Arthur Condit), 1876-

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