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01/17/2026
07/29/2025

With changes on the horizon for the U.S. Forest Service, it seems a good time to resurrect a story I wrote in 2013, about the beginning of our own national forest:
๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜

It was first published in the June 28, 2013, ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ & ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ.

Within the next year, the government has plans to eliminate the nine regional offices of the U.S. Forest Service and consolidate them into five hubs in Salt Lake City, UT; Fort Collins, CO; Kansas City, MO; Indianapolis, IN; and Raleigh, NC.

PHOTO: In 1882 Alma, the fire water was the best defense against fire. (Courtesy of Park County Local History Archives, source: Burton Osborne Family)

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โ—ˆ A Glimpse Back in Time โ—ˆโ€ข Highway 285 in Turkey Creek Canyon | 1929 โ€ขBefore it was the paved and busy corridor we know...
06/11/2025

โ—ˆ A Glimpse Back in Time โ—ˆ
โ€ข Highway 285 in Turkey Creek Canyon | 1929 โ€ข

Before it was the paved and busy corridor we know today, Highway 285 twisted its way through Turkey Creek Canyon as a narrow dirt road clinging to the mountainโ€™s edge. This 1929 photo captures the route just outside Denver, offering a glimpse into early travel through the rugged landscape of Jefferson County. US Route 285 stretches all the way from Denver to Sanderson, Texasโ€”this stretch wouldโ€™ve been one of the first dramatic mountain passages travelers encountered as they ventured southwest.
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๐Ÿ“ธ Paul Hollowell. Park County Local History Archive Photographic Collection, Highway 285 folder, item no. 622
๐Ÿ—‚ Identifier: ph000622
๐Ÿ”— Archive Link: https://pclha.cvlcollections.org/items/show/1442

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