For The Trees
An Illustrated History of the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests 1908-1978
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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1

Counties within Ozark National Forest Boundaries:

Baxter
Benton
Conway
Crawford
Franklin
Johnson
 Logan
Madison
Marion
Newton
Pope
 Searcy
Stone
Van Buren
Washington
Yell


Counties within St. Francis National Forest:

Lee
Phillips



APPENDIX 2

Forest Supervisors:

Samuel J. Record1908
David E. Fitton1909
Francis J. Kiefer1909-1916
Edward V. Clark1916-1917
Charles J. Heller1917-1919
Ben F. Vaughan1919-1922
Kenneth E. Kimball1922
Henry R. Koen1922-1939
Philip H. Bryan1939-1941
W.C. Branch1941-1945
Paul H. Gerrard1945-1954
Paul A. Swarthout1954-1956
J.B. Dahl1956-1962
A.Z. Owen1962-1968
James S. Sabin, Jr.1968-1971
Larry Henson1971-1978
James R. Crouch1978-



APPENDIX 3

Ranger Districts of Ozark National Forest, and the St. Francis National Forest:

Ozark National Forest

Bayou Ranger District

Gross acreage: 167,442
Net acreage: 140,028

District Rangers:

Ben F. Vaughan, 1908-1913
James M. Wait, 1909-1911
Hugh R. Moore, 1912-1913
William P. Dale, 1913-1919
George D. Russell, 1919
Will A. Garner, 1914-1915
Robert M. Evans, 1914-1918
James D. Prior, 1916-1917
James A. Mason, 1918-1920
William P. Dale, 1921-1923
James M. Wait, 1924-1928
Knoxie M. Kunze, 1925-1937
Fayette M. Meade, 1937-1943
James S. Long, 1943
Carl E. Benson, 1943-1947
Norman B. Alter, 1947-1952
Berkeley J. Spilsbury, 1952-1956
Paul A. Timko, 1956-1957
William J. Bryan, 1957-1961
Bobby J. Larkey, 1961-1965
Rufus D. Launius. 1965-

Bayou Ranger District. (click on image for a PDF version)


Boston Mountain Ranger District

Gross acreage: 230,342
Net acreage: 125,578

District Rangers

Elbert E. Turner, 1908-1917
Wesley B. Harrison, 1917-1918
Henry R. Koen, 1918-1919
Charles W. Fritts, 1919-1922
James A. Mason, 1922-1926
Ralph J. Bell, 1926-1928
Troy D. Curtis, 1928-1929
Daniel O. Todd, 1929-1930
Troy D. Curtis, 1930-1962
Burdette F. Seizert, 1958-1962
Thomas Q. Dix, 1962-1964
Duane C. Routh, 1962-1966
Jack Swisher, 1964-1969
Gene S. Jackson, 1969-1970
William D. Walker. 1970-1974
Bobby G. Young, 1974-

Boston Mountain Ranger District. (click on image for a PDF version)


Buffalo Ranger District

Gross acreage: 227,012
Net acreage: 167,529

District Rangers:

Mark Hopson, 1952-1956
C.R. Brooks, 1956-1958
J.L. Connell, 1958-1961
J.F. Welsh, 1961 -1 965
Mack L. Little, 1965-1970
Jack S. Kelley, 1970-1971
Timothy M. Smith, 1971-1979
George Leighton, 1979-

Buffalo Ranger District. (click on image for a PDF version)


Magazine Ranger District

Gross acreage: 131,699
Net acreage: 97,350

District Rangers:

William P. Dale, 1938-1946
Fayette M. Meade, 1946
Norman B. Alter, 1946-1947
John I. Christensen, 1947-1954
Donald E. Bylsma, 1954-1956
Robert B. Emery, 1956-1957
James R. Padgett, 1957-1960
Edward A. Edgette, 1960-1965
John A. Derks, 1965-1969
Bobby Roberson, 1969-

Magazine Ranger District. (click on image for a PDF version)


Pleasant Hill Ranger District

Gross acreage: 224, 435
Net acreage: 149,184

District Rangers:

Wesley B. Harrison, 1906-1917
Robert M. Evans, 1917-1919
Hugh R. Moore, 1919-1920
Grover C. Page, 1919-1920
James W. McPherson, 1921-1925
Guy Cox, 1926-1929
Frank W. Rasor, 1929-1931
Fred J. Jones, 1931-1934
Ralph G. Brown, 1934-1935
Lawrence Q. Barrett, 1936-1941
Fred S. Harris, 1941-1942
Norman B. Alter, 1942-1943
Harley W. Janelle, 1944-1951
Burdette F. Seizert, 1951-
Cecil R. Brooks, 1958-1959
Ralph H. Kunz, 1959-1964
James R. Hughes, 1965-1971
Edward H. Harris, 1971-

Pleasant Hill Ranger District. (click on image for a PDF version)


Sylamore Ranger District

Gross acreage: 170,419
Net acreage: 122,968

District Rangers:

Boone Hinkle, 1907-1910
Ralph C. Huey, 1907-1910
Jennings D. McLeod, 1911-1912
James D. Ruble, 1911-1912
Charles Christian, 1913-1914
Thomas A. Wilson, 1914-1916
Henry R. Koen, 1916-1918
Hugh A. Moore, 1916-1928
Guy Cox, 1929-1937
E.D. Potter, 1937-1938
Fred Ames, 1939-1942
P.A. Newton, 1942
Fayette M. Meade, 1943-1946
Philip A. Newton, 1946-1951
Mark C. Hopson, 1951-1952
William V. Cranston, 1952-1956
Ivan J. Nicholas, 1956-1957
Lewis J. Smith, 1957-1963
Wayne Shuttleworth, 1963-

Sylamore Ranger District. (click on image for a PDF version)


St. Francis National Forest

Gross acreage: 29,727
Net acreage: 20,946

District Rangers:

W.A. Jackson, 1960-1966
Bill Bustin, 1966-1968
Roger Dennington, 1968-1972
Tom Fair, 1972-1975
Lynn Young, 1976-1978
Jim Watson, 1978-

Bayou Ranger District. (click on image for a PDF version)



APPENDIX 4

Civilian Conservation Corps Camps Located in Ozark National Forest

Bayou Ranger District
Camp Moore
Camp Pelsor

Pleasant Hill Ranger District
Camp Ozark
Camp Ozone

Sylamore Ranger District
Camp Big Flat
Camp Hedges

White Rock Ranger District
Camp Cass
Camp Frasier
Camp Mulberry

Boston Mountain Unit
Devils Den Camp

Magazine Mountain Unit
Camp Corley



APPENDIX 5

Manpower Programs

Accelerated Public Works. 1962-1964. Accomplishments: Work Center Construction at Cass, Clarksville, Mountainburg, and the St. Francis National Forest. Office construction for the Bayou and Sylamore Ranger Districts and the St. Francis National Forest. Recreation areas: Shores Lake, Horsehead Lake, Storm Creek Lake, and White Rock.

Green Thumb and Senior Community Service Employment Program. Begun, 1966. Accomplishments: Recreation area construction, maintenance, and clean-up; trail construction and maintenance, road brushing and maintenance.

Job Corps. Cass Center opened June 15, 1965. Work Accomplishments: Redding and Wedington recreation areas, new administrative offices at Paris and Ozark, new residences for Boston Mountain Ranger District and for Cass Center Director, new dining hall and kitchen at Cass Center, new education building for center, road construction, storage buildings in ranger districts, construction of cattle guards, picnic grills and metal gates for ranger districts. Assistance in fire fighting and traffic control.

Youth Conservation Corps. Begun 1973. Residential camp established at Mt. Magazine. A non-residential camp was established in the Boston Mountain Ranger District in 1976 and in 1977 additional camps opened in the Pleasant Hill and Buffalo Ranger Districts. Accomplishments: trail construction and maintenance, recreation area maintenance, rehabilitation and construction, construction at scenic overlooks, recreation roadside clean-ups.

In addition to these manpower programs there have been such programs as the Older American Programs, the Neighborhood Youth Corps, Work-study Programs, and programs falling under the Comprehensive Employment Training Act.



APPENDIX 6

Major Legislation Relating To Forest Activities

Creative Act of 1891
Organic Administration Act of 1897
Transfer Act of 1905
Act of March 4, 1907
Act of May 23, 1908
Weeks Law, 1911
Clarke-McNary Act of 1924
Knutson-Vandenberg Act, June 9, 1930
The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, 1937
Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands, 1947
Multiple use-Sustained Yield Act, 1960
Wilderness Act, 1964
Land and Water conservation Fund Act, 1964
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
The Endangered Species Act of 1973
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act, 1974
The Sikes Act of 1974
The Eastern Wilderness Act
National Forest Management Act, 1976
Federal Land Management Policy Act, 1976
Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act, 1976

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