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Big Prairie
One attribute that the east and west sides of the park hav...
North Boundary Trail
Lying as it does immediately adjacent to Waterton Lakes Na...
Goat Haunt Ranger Station
The rangers that served the park in the early days were me...
Going-to-the-Sun Road
The Going-to-the-Sun Road, named by Park Naturalist Geo...
Civilian Conservation Corps Garages
The Civilian Conservation Corps equipment sheds and the as...
Fire Cache
An integral part of the management of the park’s fire crew...
Fire Management Office
The year of park establishment, 1910 was a monumental year...
Employee Dormitories and Mess Hall
The first park dormitory and mess hall were completed in 1...
Commissioner’s Residence
When Glacier National Park was established in 1910, legal ...
Administration building
William Logan, Glacier National Park’s first superintenden...
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Big Prairie
One attribute that the east and west sides of the park have in common is a major problem with exotic plant species. In the North fork prairies, leafy spurge and yellow toadflax have invaded disturbed areas and pose a major ...
North Boundary Trail
Lying as it does immediately adjacent to Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada, the two parks separated only by the thickness of an imaginary boundary line, Glacier National Park cannot be separated geographically from its neighboring recreational area. The two ...
Goat Haunt Ranger Station
The rangers that served the park in the early days were men who brought many outdoor skills to the job. Some, like Dan Doody and Chance Beebee, were local homesteaders in need of regular employment. Some, like Norton Pearly, were ...
Going-to-the-Sun Road
The Going-to-the-Sun Road, named by Park Naturalist George C. Ruhle in 1929, is the only trans-mountain road within the boundaries of the park. It gives the visitor who is unable to get into the back country on the trails, a ...
Civilian Conservation Corps Garages
The Civilian Conservation Corps equipment sheds and the associated boulevard lie on both sides of the wide median in the maintenance yard. Construction of the sheds began in 1941. The sheds were originally built to store the heavy equipment used ...
Fire Cache
An integral part of the management of the park’s fire crew, the fire cache was built in 1933 and houses tools along with a map room and radio room for dispatch complete with a telephone switchboard. Previously, the building served ...
Fire Management Office
The year of park establishment, 1910 was a monumental year for fire in the western U.S. Glacier National Park has had a fire management operations office for over 70 years, and the first office was located in the fire cache ...
Employee Dormitories and Mess Hall
The first park dormitory and mess hall were completed in 1927. The second dorm was built by Civilian Conservation Corps Crews in1933-34. The Civilian Conservation Corps was active from 1933-1942 and was comprised of young men who were out of ...
Commissioner’s Residence
When Glacier National Park was established in 1910, legal jurisdiction of the land was ceded to the federal government. This created the position of the U.S. Commissioner, who served as the judicial authority, trying criminals and handling other legal matters. ...
Administration building
William Logan, Glacier National Park’s first superintendent hired in 1910, focused his initial construction projects on the creation of a park administrative center and on a system of roads and trails. In late 1910, soon after the area was converted ...
