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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



in a wilderness untouched 

 before. Toddling tots, 

 rosy-cheeked, sturdy lads 

 and lassies in blue jumpers 

 and bloomers, young 

 mothers and grandmothers, 

 tired farmers and city men, 

 young and old, were there, 

 forgetful of world worries 

 and toil-wear in the rejuve- 

 nating atmosphere of prim- 

 itive nature. 



In the forests of \ew 

 Mexico, Colorado, Wyo- 

 ming and California were to 

 be met citizens from many 

 states. In a single hour 

 theautos from eleven states 

 passed one camp in a Colo- 

 rado forest. In Wyoming 

 a visitor rode into the Big 

 Horn range with fifty tour- 

 ists from a dozen eastern 

 states. 



The popular conception 

 of our National Forests as 

 inaccessible wildernesses is 

 being rapidly dispelled. The 

 good roads movement, so 

 well developed in California, 



our woodland playgrounds. 

 In the forests the Service 

 is making rapid progress in 

 highway and trail exten- 

 sions. The spirit of co- 

 operation is rampant. 

 States and counties are 

 working with the Forestry 

 engineers in linking up the 

 principal highways with the 

 forest thoroughfares. It 

 is now possible to go 

 from Denver through the 

 Rockies o\er a highway 

 which is the delight of the 

 automobilist. In California, 

 pathways have been made 

 for the auto into many 

 places of scenic beauty. 

 Washington, with its Sun- 

 set Highway nearing com- 

 [iletion, opens up a new 

 pleasure-land for the tour- 

 ist. Oregon, with its un- 

 rivalled boulevard along 

 the picturesque Columbia, 

 and Colorado, with its net- 

 work of splendid roads, are 

 attracting thousands of 

 visitors by making acces- 



has spread to all the western states. The populous west- sible for conveyances of all kinds some of the most 

 ern centers are keenly alive to the benefits and advantages beautiful parts of our country, 

 of first-class highways extending to the boundaries of In all these activities, so far reaching in their present 



A NATIONAL FOREST CAMP SITE 



At many popular camp sites the Forest Service provides a big concrete stove 

 for the camper. Eagle Creek Camp on the Columbia Highway, Oregon, is a 

 charming camp site and is frequented by hundreds of people from Portland. 

 A recreational park including several thousand acres of woodland has been 

 set apart as a recreational reserve and $10,000 has been spent on new trails to 

 open the woods for visitors. The park already has become a distinct feature 

 in the magnificent Columbia Highway trip. 



TYPICAL CAMP IN PECOS NATIONAL FOREST 

 On the banks of the Pecos River, a^beautiful mountain stream in New Mexico, 

 hundreds of people gather in the summer in permanent villas or tents, to enjoy 

 a vacation. The region is well mapped, with numerous trails leading into big 

 woods or to lofty peaks where the views are inspiring. 



HOME ON A NATIONAL FOREST 

 On the shores of Huntington Lake, in the heart of the Sierras. Californians are 

 ^r u "^ c? ^^*^ delights of a summer home in the woodlands. With the assistance 

 of the Forest Service, many charmmg homes have been erected on leased land 

 and every year an increasing number of families flock here from the hot cities 

 of California's great interior valley. 



