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NO. 632 OLD SHORT CUT – This is California's first ranger station, built in 1900 by Louie Newcomb and Phillip Begue, early Forest Service men. The cabin took its name from the 'Short Cut Canyon Trail,' as the cabin was one of the main stopping points on this trail.
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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A United States Forest Service Guard Station is an administrative building located in a National Forest in the United States which is not at the same location as the District Ranger's headquarters (the Ranger Station). They usually have office and workshop space, tool storage and often sleeping quarters.
The Cayton Guard Station or Cayton Ranger Station, in White River National Forest about 18 miles (29 km) south of Silt, Colorado, was built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1] It includes a three-room log cabin. [2] Its preservation is supported by the Cayton Ranger Station Foundation. [3]
The Elkhorn Guard Station is one of five surviving USFS-built guard stations. [2] The chief structure is the residence, built in 1933 to replace a smaller cabin that had previously served as the guard station. The 12-foot (3.7 m) by 16-foot (4.9 m) cabin is built of peeled logs on a stone foundation with a gable roof.
The Cold Meadows Guard Station is a ranger station located northeast of McCall, Idaho in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Payette National Forest. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.