2 MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR. 82, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Ever since the region was first settled by the white man Medicine 

 Bow timber products have been in demand throughout southern 

 Wyoming. The rails of the Union Pacific which led to the point 

 where the golden spike marked the final link in our first trans- 

 continental railroad were underlaid with Medicine Bow railroad ties, 

 and to-day, for miles each way from Laramie, the forest head- 

 quarters, the tracks are laid on Medicine Bow ties. In addition to 

 supplying employment for many men in the woods, the ties from the 



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Fig, 1. — A tie hack hewing a railroad tie in the Medicine Bow National Forest 



Medicine Bow National Forest keep in operation a large treating 

 plant in Laramie. Mine props and timbers from the region are 

 important throughout a wide territory. And while the lumber, 

 railroad ties, and mine timbers from the Medicine Bow Forest are 

 fitting into the general scheme of things miles from their point of 

 origin the national forest itself is untiringly building up, layer by 

 layer, new supplies of wood and providing for those near by, and 

 for many others who visit it every year, the benefit of invigorating 

 coolness and inspiring scenery. 



