Karl C. Allan papers, 1892-1979.

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Karl C. Allan papers, 1892-1979.

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Collection contains correspondence (much of it connected with the U.S. Forest Service), biographical information, government documents and other printed material mainly regarding the Jackson Hole and Yellowstone areas of Wyoming, manuscripts, notebooks, and maps. A large portion of the collection is photographs of the Allan family and many other Jackson Hole residents and visitors, work and life of park rangers, wildlife, and scenery in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, as well as Targhee National Forest, Wyoming.

5.83 cubic ft. (16 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7128469

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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United States. National Park Service

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United States. Forest Service

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Colter, John, approximately 1775-1813

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Leigh, Richard, -1899

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Allan, Karl C., 1886-1978.

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Karl C. "Sunny" Allan (1886-1978) was born in Ogden, Utah. He worked as a telephone lineman in the early 1900s, and was part of the Bureau of Reclamation crew that built a telephone line from Ashton, Idaho to Moran, Wyoming. In 1913, he joined the U.S. Forest Service and worked in the Targhee National Forest building telephone lines to fire lookouts. In 1918, he became a district ranger at Camas Meadows, Idaho. He worked at the Black Rock ranger station in Wyoming from 1930-1938, and the Jackson...

Allan, Esther B.

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