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Clearwater National Forest, Idaho, Aug 2002

On August 21, 2002 we drove the 60 miles (mostly gravel road) from Superior, Montana to the site of the Kelly Creek Ranger Station (KCRS), Idaho. Roughly the first 30 miles were in Montana. I had worked at KCRS during the summers of 1960, 1961 and 1962 while an undergraduate student, initially majoring in forestry. It had been almost exactly 40 years to the day since I had been in this area. The country is still beautiful. The most unexpected discovery of the day was that the KCRS no longer exists, as it was abandoned and burned in 1986. Pictures in this gallery show scenes along the road to and from KCRS, what the KCRS site looks like today and how it looked in 1960.
View into Idaho
View into Idaho
Oosier Lookout Road
Oosier Lookout Road
Oosier Lookout Road
Oosier Lookout Road
View fm Oosier Lookout Road
View fm Oosier Lookout Road
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Kelly Creek RS, Former Site
Kelly Creek RS, Former Site
Kelly Creek RS, Former Site
Kelly Creek RS, Former Site
Former Site, Kelly Creek RS
Former Site, Kelly Creek RS
Kelly Creek RS, July 1960
Kelly Creek RS, July 1960
Main Office, July 1960
Main Office, July 1960
Kelly Creek RS, July 1960
Kelly Creek RS, July 1960
Kelly Creek Bridge
Kelly Creek Bridge
Kelly Creek
Kelly Creek
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater National Forest
Clearwater NF - Indian Paintbrush
Clearwater NF - Indian Paintbrush