A History of Forest Conservation in the Pacific Northwest, 1891-1913

Lawrence Rakestraw was born at Carson, Washington, January 9, 1912. He was educated at Washougal grammar and high schools, graduating in 1930. He then attended Clark Junior College, Washington State College, and the University of Washington, before going to the University of Wisconsin on a scholarship in 1937. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts there in 1938, and his Master of Arts in 1939, majoring in history.

From 1941 to 1947 he worked for the Federal Government, most of the time for the United States Forest Service. In the winter of 1947 he enrolled at the University of Washington, and received his doctorate from there in 1955. He is employed as Assistant Professor of History at Northern Montana College.