Related links
National Museum of Forest Service History
Passport in Time – a volunteer archaeology and historic preservation program of the US Forest Service
Recreation.gov – for forest service rental cabin information (see “camping”).
Montana Museums – (for a list of museums, many of which include Forest Service displays or information)
Early day Forest Service telephone.
Places to visit
Nine Mile Remount Depot and Historic Ranger Station
Historic Darby Ranger Station Visitor Center and Museum
Historic Main Boulder Ranger Station and Visitor Center
The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula – (has outdoor exhibits including several old Forest Service buildings)
Yellowstone Nature Connection – is housed in the old Madison/ West Yellowstone Ranger Station
Historic Lochsa Ranger Station
Recommended Reading
Enjoyable books about the Forest Service in Montana and Idaho:
- Forty Years a Forester – Elers Koch
- The Lochsa Story – Bud Moore
- A Job with Room and Board – John B. Taylor
- Splendid was the Trail – Kenneth D. Swan
- Year of the Fires – Stephen J. Pyne
- I’ll Never Fight Fires with my Bare Hands Again – Hal Rothman
- The First Ranger – C. W. Guthrie
- Montana’s Early Day Rangers – Robert (Bert) Gildart
- The Big Blowup – Betty Goodwin Spencer
- Ranger Stations on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests – Cort Simms