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The Pend Oreille Forest has an annual timber growth of approxi- 

 mately 23,000,000 board feet and the total of its timber sales is ap- 

 proaching this amount. In 1921 its receipts, largely from the sale 

 of timber, amounted to $55,541.01. 



COEUR D'ALENE NATIONAL FOREST 



The Coeur d'Alene Xational Forest extends from the summit of 

 the Bitter Root Mountains, which form part of the Montana-Idaho 

 State line, westward to Coeur d'Alene and Harden Lakes, which 

 mark the boundry of the timbered country. Within the forest rise 

 several branches of the Coeur d'Alene River. Stevens Peak, the 

 highest of its mountain peaks, has an elevation of 6.826 feet. Al- 

 though the country is not high above sea level, the topography is 

 very broken. The whole forest is made up of rugged hills and steep - 

 sided canyons. 



The region is rich in historical interest. In the period from 1858 

 to 1862 Capt. John Mullan built his famous military road from Fort 

 Benton in Montana to Walla Walla, on the Columbia River in 

 Washington. Many traces of this early road, which traversed the 

 forest from east to west, may still be seen. A large white pine tree 

 on which are carved initials and the date "July 4, 1861," is still 

 standing near the head of Fourth of July Canyon, and forms a point 

 of interest much visited by tourists. Xear Cataldo, on the Coeur 

 d'Alene River, an old Jesuit mission, remarkable for the fact that 

 it was constructed entirely without the use of nails, stands as a re- 

 minder of the pioneer days of this region. It is still used for re- 

 ligious services. 



The Yellowstone Trail crosses the southern part of the forest, 

 highways follow the shores of Lake Coeur d'Alene for miles, and sec- 

 ondary roads lead into the very heart of the heavily timbered west- 

 ern white pine country. Wallace and Kellogg, centers of the great 

 silver and lead industry of the region, are accessible by railroad. 

 Steamboats ply the waters of Coeur d'Alene Lake between Coeur 

 d'Alene and points along the shore. 



The chief industries of the forest are mining and lumbering. With 

 the discovery of silver-lead ore in the early eighties began the 

 development of the mining industry, which has now reached great 

 proportions. The many sawmills on Lake Coeur d'Alene and the 

 Coeur d'Alene River are supplied in part by logs cut on the national 

 forests. 



The Coeur d'Alene Xational Forrest grows about 50,000,000 board 

 feet of timber annually, and the average yearly timber sales ap- 

 proach this amount. 



The principal timber species on this forest is western white pine, 

 considerable quantities of which are purchased by match companies 

 and shipped east to the factories. 



ST. JOE NATIONAL FOREST 



The main division of the St. Joe Xational Forest includes the 

 headwaters of the St. Joe River and the Little Xorth Fork of the 

 Clearwater. On the north and east are the St. Joe and Bitteroot 

 Mountains. The southern boundary is formed by a range of rugged 



