The death of H. T. Gisborne was first reported in an article in The Daily Missoulian on November 11, 1949. He had been conducting fire research on the Mann Gulch fire at the time of his death. The article is quoted below: H. T. Gisborne – Internationally Known Read More
United States’ Chief Forester Killed By Fall Major R. Y. Stuart Formerly Served in Western Montana. Major Robert Young Stuart, United States chief forester, formerly an assistant district forester in Missoula, was accidently killed at the Forest Service headquarters in Washington D. C., Monday. A message received by Major Evan Read More
Rufus Robinson Will Be First “Smoke-Jumper” Veteran Woods Firefighter To Take Long Stride From Foot to Air. First “smoke-jumper” in this region, entering the backwoods fight against fires with the aid of a parachute, will be Rufus Robinson, for 15 years a smoke-chaser on the old Selway forest and the Read More
Airplanes Prove Success as Fire Protection Aid 25-Man Outfit Is Delivered in Pattee Canyon as An Experiment Delivery of a 25-man outfit for Forest Service crews, made as an experiment in Pattee canyon, near here, by airplane, in a rugged terrain, covered by timber, rocks and down logs, was so Read More
Air Forest Patrol Ready For Business [Howard Flint District Inspector 1925] Inspector and Pilot Come by Air From Spokane Base Here. The airplane fire patrol for district No. 1 of the forest service is ready for business and as soon as the pilots of the two planes that will be Read More
Forest Reserves to National Forests – 1907 Are National Forest Now District Inspector E. A. Sherman has returned from Washington where he and his wife spent the winter. As soon as possible Mr. Sherman will have two rooms fitted up as headquarters and tho (sic) he will be out of Read More
Smokejumpers return from trip to D.C. 1949 – one of them died at Mann Gulch Jumpers Return From Trip “It was an entirely successful operation,” local forest service smoke jumpers said Saturday on their return from Washington, D. C., where they demonstrated serial fire control operations for businessmen and Read More
Mamer’s Bid Low For Woods Patrol Spokane Concern to Fly Over Forests of Region Next Summer. Airplane patrol over the forests of Western Montana and Northern Idaho again will be flown by the Mamer Air Transport of Spokane, it was announced at the Forest Service Tuesday following opening of bids. Read More
Below is a link to the History article about the Nine Mile Remount Depot provided by the U.S. Forest Service: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm9_021335.pdf
Evan Kelley By Karl Roenke Evan William Kelley was one of the most colorful pioneers of the U.S. Forest Service. He joined the service in the second year of its existence and spent the next 38 years becoming a FS legend and holding positions Read More