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A ranger station is a building complex typically including a dwelling and outbuildings which support a ranger or other guardian of a wilderness or national forest area. For example, the Cold Meadows Guard Station in Idaho County, Idaho , United States, is a complex of six buildings and structures in the Payette National Forest .
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The Wapiti Ranger Station is 30 miles (48 km) west of Cody on the north side of U.S. Route 14/16/20, between Cody and the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park. [4] The original 1903 building now stands amid a cluster of more modern Forest Service buildings, from which it is set off by a rail fence.
Pages in category "Ranger stations in Glacier National Park (U.S.)" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[1] [2] It was deemed significant as "an extant reminder of the early days of the Forest Service in Utah", when rangers were needed to monitor the remote lands. The station is the oldest surviving from the original Uinta National Forest (which included its area until 1954), and one of the oldest surviving in the Ashley National Forest that was ...
The cabin is now part of a network of shelters for patrolling park rangers throughout the park. It is a standard design by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs and was built in 1930. [2] The cabin is one of five cabins originally built by the Alaska Road Commission to provide shelter to crews working on park roads. The Upper ...
Later structures, such as the comfort station or public toilet, was designed by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs and was built by Civilian Conservation Corps labor. [ 3 ] Other structures, including bunk houses and mess halls were built in the Tuolumne Meadows Historic District at the same time to similar design standards.