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<br />221t is noteworthy that District 2 at that time enclosed the National Forests located in Colorado,
<br />Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, northern Michigan, and Minnesota, On May 1, 1919, the Secretary
<br />of Agriculture approved a change in the official designation of the nine Forest Service Districts, the
<br />District Foresters, and other District Officers, so that "Region" and "Regiona'" superseded the term
<br />"District," U, S, Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Report of the Forester to the Secretary of
<br />Agriculture for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1930 (Washington: Government Printing Office,
<br />1930), p, 14,
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<br />23A, H, Carhart, "Your Scenic Attractions," The Bulletin: ~istrict 2, III (May, 1919), p, 12,
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<br />24 Interview with A, H, Carhart, October 9, 1964,
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<br />26letter from Sherman to Carhart, July 10, 1919, Carhart Papers, The citizens of Pueblo used private
<br />funds to build the camps referred to by Sherman,
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<br />28 A, H, Carhart, "General Workin9 Plan, Recreational Development of the San Isabel National Forest,
<br />Colorado," December, 1919, Carhart Papers, See also A, H, Carhart, "Municipai Playgrounds in the
<br />Forasts:' Municipal Facts, II (July, 19191. pp, 7, 14, which heralded the fact that the Denver office of
<br />the Forest Service was the first to receive a recreation engineer and that "Colorado towns thus receive
<br />mountain parks:'
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<br />27Carhart, Municipal Facts, II (1919), p, 1.
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<br />28Grace L, Nuta's Caesars of the Wilderness (New York: 0, Appleton,Century Company, 19431.
<br />describes early voyages by canoe and portage in this area.
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<br />29A. H. Carhart, "Preliminary Report, Recreation Reconnaissance, Superior National Forest, Minnesota,
<br />1919," Carhart Papers,
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<br />30lbid" p, 76,
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<br />31 Ibid" p, 77,
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<br />32lbid" p, 78,
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<br />331bld" p, 79,
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<br />34 Interview with A. H. Carhart, September 23,1963. Paul J. Rainey brought the first motion pictures of
<br />African wildlife to the United States, and William McFadden loaned money to Earnest W, Marland for
<br />tha first Marland oil well at Ponca City. Oklahoma,
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<br />360istrict Forester Allen S. Peck approved the plan by attaching a hand-written note to the proposal.
<br />Undated nota to Carhart from Peck, Carhart Pape", ,
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<br />36Congress Authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to grant permits "for the construction of summer
<br />homes, hotels, stores, or other structures, needed for recreation or public convenience," by Public Law
<br />63,293, approved March 4, 1915, U, S" Statutes at Large, XXXVIII, ch, 144,
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<br />37A, H, Carhart, "Mamorandum for Mr, Leopold, District 3:' December 10, 1919, Carhart Papers,
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<br />38lbid" p, 1.
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<br />39lbid" pp, 1.2,
<br />40lbld" p, 3 The difficulty of defining "stopping points" has remained a central problem,
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<br />41 Ibid.. pp, 3,4,
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<br />42Handwritten note by Fred R. Johnson, Forest Examiner, District 2, Denver, July 29,1958, citing his
<br />diary and field notes for the period June 17, 1929, throu9h June 27, 1929, Conservation Library
<br />Canter, Denver Public Library,
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<br />431bid,
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<br />44"Recraation Management Plan, White River National Forest:' December 17, 1929, Re9ional Office,
<br />Region 2, U, S, Forest Service, Denver, It was formally approved by Chief Forester R, y, Stuart March
<br />5,1932,
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<br />450enlltJr Post, October 9,1966,
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<br />48A. H. Carhart, "Recreation Plan, Superior National Forest, Minnesota, 1921," Carhart Papers.
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