Bly Ranger Station

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Bly Ranger Station

Coordinates: 42 ° 24 ′ 1.5 ″  N , 121 ° 2 ′ 46 ″  W.

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Bly Ranger Station is a United States Forest Service facility and serves as the headquarters for the Bly Ranger District, a subdivision of the Fremont National Forest . It is located in the small town of Bly ( Klamath County ) in the south-central part of the state of Oregon in the United States . The station was built between 1936 and 1942 by the Civilian Conservation Corps . The seven original buildings are still used by the Bly Ranger District today. The facility was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 .

history

At the beginning of the 20th century, the forest road network was not well developed. To make work in the National Forests easier, the Forest Service built stations in strategic locations to accommodate the full-time employees and to create bases for forest fire patrols and work groups deployed in remote parts of the forest. After the Second World War , the Forest Service expanded the forest road network extensively so that forest workers could reach most of the forest areas within a few hours. As a result, most of the more isolated ranger stations have been closed or converted into guard stations that are only used during the summer season. The Bly Ranger Station has served as the district's administrative headquarters since it was built.

The structure of the Bly Ranger Station began in 1935, when the Forest Service a four- acre (1.6  hectare ) plot of land in Bly acquired to a ranger station for the Western District of the Fremont National Forest to set up. The Forest Service paid 625  US dollars for the estate. The station was built by Civilian Conservation Corps workers stationed nearby with the assistance of local men. The construction followed plans that the architect of the Forest Service had made for the Pacific Northwest . The seven original structures were built between 1936 and 1942. A modern office building was added in the 1960s.

The original buildings erected by the Civilian Conservation Corps still exist and are in excellent condition. Because the Bly Ranger Station has a unique historical value as an example of one of the early Forest Service ranger stations, it and its surroundings were added to the National Register of Historic Place on March 11, 1981.

building

The historic buildings include an administrative building for the district, two larger accommodation buildings, the guard's house, a warehouse, a garage and a gas station. The buildings were designed in the rustic architectural style common to the Cascade Range , using locally found stones and locally cut pine lumber . The roof was with shingles covered in wood. The shutters and gable ends are marked with the Forest Service logo, as was the case with the Forest Service structures built in the 1930s. The Civilian Conservation Corps also built the 120-meter stone wall in front of the facility to demarcate it from the highway parking lots.

The construction costs for the construction of the buildings were low. The office building and main accommodation buildings were completed in 1937, with the office building accounting for $ 1,700 and the residential buildings accounting for $ 2,400. The gas station built in 1939 cost $ 300. The last house built was the keeper's home. It was made in 1942 for $ 1,600.

location

The Bly Ranger Station is located in the upper Sprague River Valley in eastern Klamath County , Oregon in the middle of the Fremont National Forest. The facility is located on the south side of State Highway 140 in the small non-incorporated settlement of Bly, 69 km northwest of Lakeview and 85 knots northeast of Klamath Falls .

The facility is open to the public all year round. About 15 km to the northwest is the Mitchell Monument , the only point in the continental United States where Americans were killed as a direct result of enemy combat during World War II .

supporting documents

  1. ^ Pacific Northwest Region, United States Forest Service: A Bit of History. Recreation Rentals of the Pacific Northwest ( English ) United States Department of Agriculture. March 26, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Jayson Jacoby: Rustic Forest Service cabins available for rent (English) , Baker City Herald. April 27, 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2011. 
  3. ↑ a b c d e Les Joslin: Bly Ranger Station . In: Uncle Sam's Cabins: A Visitors Guide to Historic US Forest Service Ranger Stations of the West ( English ). Wilderness Association, Bend, Oregon 1995.
  4. ^ State Historic Preservation Office: Bly Ranger Station ( English ) In: Oregon Historical Sites Database . State of Oregon. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  5. ↑ Bly Ranger Station ( English ) In: National Register of Historic Places . www.nationalregisterofhistoricalplaces.com. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  6. ^ Bly Ranger Station ( English ) Archiplanet. December 5, 2006. Archived from the original on August 29, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 11, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.archiplanet.org
  7. ↑ Christine Barnes: Bly Ranger station Compound . In: Only in Oregon . Farcountry Press, Helena, Montana June 2004, p. 85.
  8. ↑ a b United States Forest Service: Bly Ranger Station Compound, Fremont-Winema National Forests ( English ) United States Department of Agriculture. April 29, 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  9. ↑ Terry Richard: Oregon connection to World War II (English) , The Oregonian . April 5, 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2010. 

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