Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Historic Photos

H.O. "Hoss" Stabler. First Forest Supervisor of the Columbia National Forest on horseback at Hemlock Ranger Station (photo courtesy of David New)

Hemlock Ranger Station built in 1908

Original Peterson Ranger Station, 1908

Ranch in the Wind River Valley 1911.

Gotchen Guard Station Ranger Harvey Lickel rasing the flag.  Photo by H.O. Stabler.

Wind River Ranger, Fritz Sethe, 1911-1917

Ranger Harvey Lickel at Oklahoma Ranger Station

Flattop and Packstring

Hemlock Ranger Station

Mount St. Helens Lookout

Sleeping Beauty Lookout

Red Mountain Lookout

Mt. Adams Summit Lookout

Mt. Adams Lookout

Twin Buttes Lookout

Summit Prairie, 1930's

Packstring

Goose Lake, 1926

Rock Creek Fire, Columbia National Forest, 1927

Sunset Ranger Station at Copper City, Columbia National Forest

Randle Ranger Station, Columbia National Forest, 1936

Old Packwood Ranger Station, Columbia National Forest, 1936

Clear Fork Ranger Station, Columbia National Forest, 1936

Trip to Spirit Lake, 1928

Mount St. Helens Lookout

Sunset Falls Civilian Convservation Corp (CCC) Camp, 1933.

Sunset Falls - East Fork of the Lewis River, Columbia National Forest

Snag falling

Ranger with fire pack, Columbia National Forest, 1934

CCC enrollees with bear, Peterson camp.

CCC enrollee with bear cub, Peterson camp.

Lookout Mountain CCC camp.

Auto campers on the Mt. Adams Ranger District, Columbia National Forest, 1933

Huckleberry picker near Mt. Adams, 1937.

Huckleberry handshake

Picking huckleberries.

Mt. Adams from Takhlakh Lake, Columbia National Forest, 1937

Spud Hill Fire, Columbia National Forest, 1937

Fishing, Columbia National Forest, 1937

Tree planting in a burned area, Columbia National Forest, 1936

Entrance sign Columbia National Forest

CCC Camp at Lower Cispus, 1936 (Tower Rock in the background)

CCC crew working on the Upper Cispus Road, Columbia National Forest, 1936

Firefighting with tanker truck, Columbia National Forest, 1930's.

CCC Camp at Lower Cispus, Co. 2919, 1936

CCC machine shop, Hemlock Ranger Station, Columbia National Forest, WA, 1936

CCC trail construction, Columbia National Forest, WA, 1935

La Wis Wis campground, 1937

Camping at Spirit Lake, 1930's

Fire guard school

Flattop Lookout (Mt. Adams), 1949

Bille Webb Flattop Lookout (Mt. Adams)

Gifford Pinchot National Forest dedication October 15, 1949 at La Wis Wis Campground.

Gifford Pinchot National Forest dedication October 15, 1949 at La Wis Wis Campground (Mrs. Cornelia Bryce Pinchot far left).

Log train crossing the Cowlitz River, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA, 1949

New Gifford Pinchot National Forest sign, 1949

Burley Mountain Lookout.  Photo courtesy of Roland Emetaz

Sleeping Beauty Lookout, 1954

Mount St. Helens from the Helen Leonard Girl Scouts Lodge, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, August 1956

Swaying bridge across the Cowlitz River, looking into the La Wis Wis Forest Camp, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 1950s.

Twin Buttes Lookout, Mt. Adams in the background, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, August 1956

Mount St. Helens, 1960's

Boy Scouts on Spirit Lake

Lassie at Wind River, 1960's

Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens from boat in Spirit Lake, Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Mt. Adams from Ollalie Lakes, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 1956

Suprise Lake, Sawtooth Berry fields, 1969

Huckleberry pickers, 1960's

Wind River Nursery, 1974

Mount St. Helens from the Wind River area, with grazing sheep, 1975

Langfield falls dedicated, 1978

Red Mountain Lookout, Winter, 1978

Mount St. Helens pre-1980.

Mount St. Helens eruption March 27, 1980.

Mount St. Helens eruption early May, 1980.

Mount St. Helens District Ranger Ken Johnson, Spring 1980.

Mount St. Helens District office near Swift Reservoir is evacuated, Spring 1980

Mount St. Helens May 17, 1980

Mount St. Helens May 18, 1980 - USGS Photo

Vehicles near Mount St. Helens post May 18, 1980

Forest blown down near Mount St. Helens post May 18, 1980

Mount St. Helens post May 18, 1980

Mount St. Helens and Spirit Lake, 1992

Wind River Canopy Crane established, 1990's.

Mount St. Helens, Johnston Ridge Obvservatory opens, 1997

Peterson Prairie Guard Station placed on the cabin rental program, 1990's.

Mount St. Helens visitor, 1990's

Serving People, Johnston Ridge Obvservatory, May 18, 2000

Government Mineral Spring Guard Station restored and placed on the cabin rental program, 2002

Goat Rocks Wilderness

Mt. Adams Horse camp

Mt. Adams at Sunset

The White Salmon River

Fall Color Goat Rocks Wilderness

Fall Color along the Upper Lewis River

Fall Color at the Ice Caves near Trout Lake, WA.

The Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam was established in 1997.  The original camera was replaced in September of 2004.

Mount St. Helens reawakens on October  01, 2004

Mount St. Helens erupts on October  05, 2004

Takhlakh Lake and Mt. Adams in the Fall.

Mount St. Helens July, 2005

The Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam goes High Definition July, 2007

Record low elevation snow fall, January - April 2008 (Wind River Work Center)

Record low elevation snow fall, January - April 2008 (Gotchen Guard Station)