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...
Caterpillar Diesel D8 tractor used a push frame to pile logs unloaded from a logging truck. Location: 40 Miles west of Missoula, Montana. Owner: Helean Logging Company, 110 West Franklin, Missoula. Caterpillar Tractor Co. neg #B4-4974
Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Plate 68b (July 28, 1981) 110 years later. The large Douglas-fir in foreground-left (arrow) is the same pictured in the original scene. Regeneration of Douglas-fir and Rocky Mountain juniper on...
Blacktail Deer Creek 1.5 miles above Whiskey Springs. Plate 54b (June 23, 1981) 53 years later. Flat effects of heavy livestock grazing. Sagebrush stand on toe slope at left has expanded down slope. In distance, aspen have matured in canyon...