Ponderosa pine planted 1912: Pike National Forest lantern slide [not before 1912]. [not before 1912]

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Ponderosa pine planted 1912: Pike National Forest lantern slide [not before 1912]. [not before 1912]

This envelope contains a colored glass lantern slide showing a hillside where the Forest Service had planted Ponderosa pine in 1912 on the south slope from a point just above the Pikes Peak Highway.

1 slide.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7457016

Boulder Public Library

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