Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Plate 68a (1871) Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 6000 ft (1829 m). An east-northeast view up Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Placer mining following discovery of...
Slope outside of old mining town of Marysville, Montana. Plate 28b (July 24, 1981) 80 years later. Camera position is somewhat lower and to the left of original position. Nonetheless, this scene shows a dramatic change following earlier...
Landscape photography ; Wallace Ranger District (Idaho)
Across Prichard Creek into Reeder Gulch. Plate 5a (1897) Fire Group 11: Warm-moist grand fir, western red cedar, and western hemlock. Elevation 3,300 (1,006 m) Camera faces northeast across Prichard Creek into Reeder Gulch near Murray, Idaho, on...
Belt (Mont.) ; Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.)
Belt Ranger Station. Plate 40b (September 13, 1979) About 49 years later. Camera is positioned lower on slope to allow a less-obstructed view. Conifers on slope behind Ranger Station are predominately Douglas-fir. Lodgepole pine are also present....
Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Plate 68a (1871) Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 6000 ft (1829 m). An east-northeast view up Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Placer mining following discovery of...
Elkhorn, Montana. Plate 71a (1901) Fire group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 6600 ft (2012 m). The camera faces northeast from a point high on the slope above Elkhorn, an early mining town in the Elkhorn Mountains of west-central Montana. Adjacent...
Belt (Mont.) ; Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.)
Belt Ranger Station. Plate 40a (Ca. 1930) Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 5,100 ft (1,555 m) Looking west-southwest toward the Belt Creek Ranger Station, Lewis and Clark National Forest. Open slopes behind station support shrubs,...
From a position on Two Medicine Ridge six miles northeast of East Glacier, Montana. Plate 17b (September 27, 1981). 60 years later. Conifers include whitebark pine, lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, and Douglas fir. The dry slopes dominated by...
Across Dearborn River Toward Steamboat Mountain, Montana. Plate 26a (July 10, 1921) Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 5000 ft (1524 m). Looking northwest across the Dearborn River towards Steamboat Mountain from a point approximately...