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The Flathead Story
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Chapter VIII
FLATHEAD PERSONNEL
(Dates inclusive)
Forest Supervisors
South Division (Flathead) 1898 - 1903 Gust Moser 1904 - 1905 A. M. Bliss 1905 - 1913 Page S. Bunker 1913 - 1914 Major F. A. Fenn, Acting Supervisor 1914 - 1915 Donald Bruce 1916 - 1923 Joseph D. Warner 1923 - 1930 Lloyd G. Hornby 1931 - 1934 Kenneth Wolfe 1935 - 1945 James C. Urquhart 1945 - 1962 Fred J. Neitzling 1962 - Joseph M. Pomajevich North Division (Blackfeet) 1898 - 1903 William J. Brennan 1904 - 1910 F. N. Haines 1911 J. F. Preston 1912 - 1919 Robert P. McLaughlin 1920 - 1921 Eldon H. Myrick 1922 - 1924 L. F. Vinal 1925 - 1927 James E. Ryan 1928 - 1932 William Nagel 1933 - Ralph Space, Acting Supervisor At this time the Blackfeet (North Division) was combined with the Flathead (South Division).
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| Fred Herrig, early day Forest Ranger on the Upper North Fork. |
Ranger Districts
The following is a list of Ranger Districts and the period they were served by certain Rangers. Many Districts have been eliminated and recreated. There have been continuous boundary changes made due to changes in workloads, communications, and other reasons.
Holt—Swan Lake District 1899 - 1902 Ernest C. Bond 1903 - 1904 Isaac Cilley 1905 - 1910 O. Vandawarka 1911 Baigrie Sutherland 1912 Frederick J. Holbrook 1913 - 1914 Frank W. Syler 1915 - 1919 George A. Perry 1920 - 1924 Arthur J. Halvorson 1925 Frank Leibig 1926 - 1934 A. E. Hutchinson 1934 - 1938 William H. Ibenthal 1939 - 1942 J. F. Shields 1943 Millard Evenson 1944 - 1945 Abner W. Foskette 1946 - 1952 Virgil Eastman 1953 - Arnold H. Dillard Echo District 1910 - 1934 J. E. Thompson Added to Swan Lake District. Upper Swan (Condon) District 1899 - 1913 B. B. Holland 1914 Charlie Anderson 1915- 1926 Elmer Billsborough 1927 - 1931 Thomas M. Wiles 1932 - 1933 George Stoltz 1934 Albert C. Campbell 1935 William Gaffney 1936 - 1942 Henry Thol 1943 - 1945 C. A. Scovel 1946 - 1947 Clarence Stillwell 1948 Aubrey Arthurs 1949 - 1950 Ray C. Gardner 1951 - 1952 Jack Alley 1953 - 1955 Robert Fry 1956 - 1959 B. R. Van Gieson 1960 - 1962 Fred Matzner 1963 - 1969 Barney G. Sedlacek Lower Holland District 1910 - 1912 Richard Groom Added to Condon District in 1912. Belton Ranger District (included Glacier National Park) 1901 John D. Reuter 1902 - 1903 Frank Leibig 1904 - 1905 George R. Rhodes 1906 - 1907 Richard Bradley 1907 Included Middle Fork. 1908 Allen Calbick Headquarters moved to Coram Coram District 1909 - 1911 John Kruse 1912 - 1917 Baigrie Sutherland 1918 E. H. Myrick 1919 Frank Leibig 1920 - 1928 James Ready 1929 - 1931 Fred J. Neitzling 1932 - 1936 Thomas M. Wiles 1937 - 1940 John G. McDonnel 1941 - 1942 Jack Jost 1943 - 1944 Jack Root 1945 Virgil Eastman 1946 - 1956 Bert A. Bealye 1957 - 1959 Richard Baldwin 1960 - Lloyd Weir Essex District (included Lower Middle Fork) 1901 C. F. Van Allen 1902 - 1905 F. J. Summer 1906 - 1908 R. A. Allen 1909 - Richard Bradley (records not complete) Added to Middle Fork District 1926 - 1928 Fred J. Neitzling 1930 J. E. Ready District discontinued. Upper Middle Fork District at Java (included Schafer) 1901 W. H. "Slippery Bill" Morrison 1902 - 1904 Phillip Giefer 1905 - 1906 Fred Wyman 1907 - 1909 Richard Shields 1910 Allen Calbick 1911 - 1912 A. E. Havens 1913 - 1918 Ellis B. Hoke 1919 - 1921 James E. Adams 1922 - 1925 Thomas Wiles 1926 - 1927 C. L. Pierce 1927 Headquarters moved to Three Forks. 1928 - 1933 J. R. Hutchinson 1933 Headquarters moved to Schafer 1934 - 1938 John N. Root 1939 Leif Anderson 1940 Ray West 1941 - 1942 C. W. Wetterstrom 1943 - 1944 Charlie S. Shaw 1945 Patrick W. Taylor 1946 August Schafer 1947 - 1954 Earl McConnell 1948 Carter J. Helseth, Acting for McConnell Schafer District added to Spotted Bear District. Hungry Horse District (above Coram on South Fork; later known as Elk Park) 1908 - 1909 Hugo Knieff 1910 - 1917 Records not complete 1918 - 1919 James Ready 1920 - 1925 A. E. Hutchinson 1924 Moved to Elk Park 1926 - 1928 Al Austin 1929 - 1930 No Elk Park District during this period 1930 Added to Spotted Bear District. 1930 District reestablished 1931 - 1932 James Ready 1933 Albert C. Campbell 1934 Aaron Knapp 1934 District abandoned In 1958 a new Hungry Horse Ranger District was created west of the lower South Fork. 1958 Robert Damon 1959 - 1960 John Morrison 1961 - John C. Robertson Spotted Bear District 1899 - 1900 Archie Marlette 1901 - 1903 William J. Marshall 1904 John R. Fitzpatrick 1905 - 1906 John Sullivan 1907 Jack Clack 1908 - 1909 Baigrie Sutherland 1910 Hugo Knieff 1911 - 1912 Ellis B. Hoke 1913 - 1914 Richard Dean 1915 - 1917 Eldon H. Myrick 1918 - 1922 Henry Tho 1923 - 1930 Myron B. Mendenhall 1931 - 1935 Henry Thol 1936 C. J. Lillevig 1937 - 1938 J. F. Shields 1939 - 1942 J. N. Root 1943 - 1944 Leif Anderson 1945 - 1958 Charlie S. Shaw 1959 James E. Dewey 1960 - Richard A. Strong Big Prairie District Until 1907, Big Prairie was in two separate units. The area was divided when the Black Bear District was created.
Big Prairier Ranger Station, 1924. Upper Big Prairie 1899 - 1904 Thomas Danaher 1905 H. N. Zenor 1906 R. D. Dewell Big Prairie District Proper 1907 - 1912 Phillip Clack 1913 - 1914 Fred Holbrook 1915 David H. Lewis 1916 - 1924 Ray Trueman 1925 - 1930 Henry Thol 1931 - 1932 Dewey Sousley 1933 - 1934 Leslie Eddy 1935 - 1939 William Gaffney 1940 - 1942 Leif J. Anderson 1943 Henry Thol 1944 - 1945 Horace Godfrey 1946 - 1947 Russell Cloninger 1948 Ray C. Gardner 1949 - 1952 Glen Maryott 1953 - 1954 Oliver W. Meyer 1955 - 1957 Arthur H. Olson 1958 - 1962 David Owen 1963 - Kenneth Haffly Black Bear District At one time there was a Black Bear District between Big Prairie and Spotted Bear. Records are incomplete for this District. 1917 - 1918 Spaulding 1919 - 1928 James Diehl 1929 J. E. Adams 1930 Neil Smith District abandoned. Records of the North Fork of the Flathead are incomplete. Until about 1930, the area was in two units: Upper and Lower North Fork Districts. Upper headquarters were at Moran; Lower headquarters, near the junction of the Middle Fork and the North Fork, were later moved near the present site of the Big Creek Ranger Station. The combined District was called the North Fork until 1948, when the name was changed to Glacier View.
Upper North Fork District 1900 - 1903 Fred Herrig 1904 - 1905 Theodore Christenson 1906 - 1908 A. E. Clark 1909 - 1912 William McCormack 1913 - 1914 George Steppler 1915 Bert Reed 1916 - 1917 Emil Anderson 1918 - 1922 George Steppler 1923 - 1924 William Kickbush 1925 - 1926 F. L. DeWald 1926 - 1930 Rolf Fremming District abandoned. Lower North Fork District Four Rangers are listed prior to 1917: John C. Wood, Jr., Emil Anderson; Marion C. Heikes; and William Winston. 1918 - 1924 Charles H. Lawreace 1925 - 1926 William Kickbush 1926 - 1927 M. S. Spink 1928 S. S. McNelly 1929 C. J. Lillevig In 1930, the Upper North Fork and Lower North Fork were combined to form the North Fork District. 1930 - 1935 C. J. Lillevig 1936 - 1946 Frank Foltz 1947 - 1949 John R. Castles (Castles was absent after August 1949, and Gordon M. Daugharty ran the District) 1950 George Fahnstock 1951 - 1952 Arnold H. Dillard 1953 - 1954 Dale Arnold 1955 - 1956 Robert E. Gillespie 1957 - 1961 Melvin Yuhas 1961 - 1963 Harold R. Howard 1964 - Henry E. Hays Tally Lake District Records are incomplete to 1918. Early Rangers included: Frank Leibig, Charlie Strodbeck, and Herbert Harmon. 1918 - 1919 John M. Brocken 1920 - 1923 Paul F. Redlingshafer 1924 - 1925 John D. Lamey 1926 - 1927 C. J. Lillevig 1928 Leslie E. Eddy 1929 - 1936 John C. McDonnel 1937 Charlie S. Shaw 1938 - 1939 Neal Rice 1940 - 1949 Harley H. Hartson 1949 - 1950 Willaim H. Ibenthal 1951 - 1954 Ray C. Gardner 1955 - 1960 W. W. Ensign 1961 - 1965 Paul D. Weingart 1965 - Jerry G. Allen
Supervisor's Staff
The following men have served on the Supervisor's staff in various capacities since around the turn of the century. A complete list is not available; some names may be missing. They are not necessarily listed in chronological order.
W. W. White, D. M. Hunsecker, Jack Clack, C. P. Fickes, W. I. White, K. Wolfe, Adolph Weholt, Clyde S. Webb, Harve Marsh, E. M. Kapp, Charles J. Hash, R. R. Fitting, Clyde D. Blake, James Bosworth, R. S. Ferguson, W. L. Baldwin, Ralph Space, Myrtle Lake, E. F. Barry, Harry Gruner, Favre Eaton, Stan Larson, H. C. Woods, Mike Skones, William H. Ibenthal, Herb Larsen, A. C. Adams, Roger Thaanum, Jack Jost, Abner W. Foskette, Roscoe H. Windbigler, E. E. Morris, Victor Carter, Les Morris, Vern Collins, Ed Daigle, Kenneth B. Yeager, Robert S. Morgan, Robert E. Gillespie, George Weyermann, John R. Castles, J. Frank Meneely, R. F. Croskrey, Walt Kasberg, John Hall, and James Freeman; although Carter J. Helseth is substaff, he has been making high-level decisions on Flathead National Forest fires for 30 years.
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| Flathead National Forest Supervisor and Ranger force and staff of 1950. Sitting left to right: Fred Metcalf, Les Morris, Bert Bealey, Ray Gardner, John Stentz, Carter Helseth, Floyd (Flip) Darling, Charlie Shaw, Pete Danielson, Virgil (Stubby) Eastman, Harry Gruner, Stan Larson, Clarence Robertson, Earl McConnell, Walt Peter son, Jack Jost, Joe Steppler. Standing left to right: Win. H. Ibenthal, Ralph Thayer, Pat Taylor, T. W. (Toad) Paullin, Robert Croskrey, Art Whitney, Gordon M. (Bud) Daugharty, Glenn Maryott, Oliver (Slim) Meyer, Les Darling, C. A. (Scoop) Scovel, Fred Neitzling, Roscoe Windbigler, John Castles, August Schafer, and John Pike. |
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