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<br />Appendix C <br /> <br />** "All of the Rio Grande side of the range from Hot Springs east, with the exception of bodies of spruce <br />on the heads of creeks, have been bumt much of it repeatedly. The result is a stand of aspen of varying <br />ages, containing small bodies of conifers, the ground throughout being covered with down timber and <br />thick underbrush. Recent bums, especially above the aspen line, present a scene of complete desolation. <br />Nothing is left but bare burnt poles. Even the top soil is burnt off in many cases leaving only dust and <br />rock. Such bums are very low in restocking. After eight or ten years the poles have fallen, piling up four <br />feet high and making travel next to impossible. Here and there will be bushy, scrubby spruce seedlings, <br />and everywhere on the ground a dense mat of grass which greatly retards reproduction. " <br /> <br />"It is safe to say that 75 percent of the fires are set, either accidentally or intentionally, by sheep herders <br />... who do not realize the damage they are doing. They argue that it improves the range, but when a <br />fire is exceptionally severe, the down timber is so bad that sheep cannot get through it. The miners, <br />farmers, and cattlemen are thoroughly in sympathy with any movement that will stop this destruction. <br />The rest of ,the fires are started by campers, hunters, prospectors, or ranchers burning brush. " <br /> <br />,.; <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />_ The document states that by establishing a forest reserve much can be done in stopping these fires. <br /> <br />.:. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />laFont, D.C. <br />1922 The Early History of Spar City. Response to Acting District Forester's letter of January 12, <br />1922. <br /> <br />:j <br /> <br />** During the summer of 1893 the town was threatened by forest fires. A large forest fire was burning <br />south of Spar City and another to the north. The one to the north burned till the snow fell and its area <br />extended from the Point of Rocks over the Deep Creek. Hills, and Snowshoe Mou1tain. <br /> <br />Mumey, Nolie <br />N.D. Creede. Hist~ry of a Colorado Silver Mining Town. <br /> <br />- The town of Bachelor was threatened by fire on June 23, 1893 when the forest fire which had been <br />buming moved toward town. The people of Jimtown rushed up to 8achelor and helped save the town. <br /> <br />** The forest fire bumed up to the edge of 8achelor devastating East Willow and West Willow Creeks. <br />Shallow Creek. and Sunnyside Creek. were also burned in the same fire. <br /> <br />RGNF <br />1922 Letter to Forest Supervisor from John H. Hagerman, Forest Ranger. Letter in response to <br />January 16, 1922 letter [pertaining to Forest history). <br /> <br />- Tie mak.ing was carried on along the tributaries of the South Fork of the Rio Grande as early as 1880. \ <br /> <br />** The Tie Hill country was burned in 1900. <br /> <br />RGNF <br />1926 <br /> <br />Letter dated April 20, 1926 to Forest Supervisor, Monte Vista, Colo. from W.M. Darley, <br />Forest Ranger pertaining to letter of March 10, 1926. " <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />C-6 <br /> <br />(102525 <br /> <br />~ <br />