Magic Lantern Slides from a 1938 USFS slide show of National Forest Playgrounds. Keyword MLA to see all images and original transcript from all 60 images... Image Description from original transcript: Roads and trails are necessary for the protection of the Forest again fire, to enable Forest officers to get about in the performance of their tasks, and to open the Forests for users. Many of the National Forests are easily reached from the great highways of the country. Forest headquarters are generally located in important towns on highways, at which points information may be obtained from the Forest Supervisor stationed there, as to roads and trails through the Forest, forest campgrounds, and other accommodations, as well as points of interest on the Forest. 15. A good road makes the forest accessible. Ozark National Forest, Arkansas...Good roads make forest products valuable and offer opportunities for recreation. Modern improved highways and forest roads lead from State and National highways back into the hills of the Ozark National Forest, making remote parts of it accessible to the timber buyer, the pleasure seeker, and the fire fighter.
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