Overgaard in Navajo County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Travel on a Journey Through Time...
Stop 1
Photographed By Denise Boose, September 1, 2013
1. Travel on a Journey Through Time... Marker
Inscription.
Travel on a Journey Through Time.... Stop 1.
From 1915 to 1949 the Heber Ranger Station Stood at this site. . The year is 1910 and you decide you'd like to be a Forest Service Ranger. To pass the test you'll need to know the local country, be able to take care of yourself and your horses, stand up to severe physical hardships, live under any condition, make your own food, and engage in combat when needed. You take on the job knowing that most Rangers who came before you only made it for a couple of years, and some for only a few months. The isolation and hard work eventually just got to folks., Because the station was so close to the cliffs, it was said that "the sun didn't rise til noon and went down about 3:30.", Can you find clues that a ranger station once stood here?, Early rangers were a unique group who came from many backgrounds including prospectors, lumbermen, farmers, cowboys, gunmen, and a sprinkling of professors and newspaper men., In 1915 Rangers were paid $75 a month and had to own and take care of 2 to 6 horses., Rangers covered vast roadless areas alone. All work was done on horseback. If a fire broke, a ranger whould grab his axe and saw and head out on his horse to put it out by himself. Phone lines were a constant chore and required frequent repairs. Phone insulators and wire can still be found strung across the forest today. Other duties were building trails, reporting abandoned homesteads, squatters and illegal fences, re-blazing survey lines, piling and burning brush, and managing timber sales., Journey Through Time
From 1915 to 1949 the Heber Ranger Station Stood at this site.
The year is 1910 and you decide you'd like to be a Forest Service Ranger. To pass the test you'll need to know the local country, be able to take care of yourself and your horses, stand up to severe physical hardships, live under any condition, make your own food, and engage in combat when needed. You take on the job knowing that most Rangers who came before you only made it for a couple of years, and some for only a few months. The isolation and hard work eventually just got to folks.
Because the station was so close to the cliffs, it was said that "the sun didn't rise til noon and went down about 3:30."
Can you find clues that a ranger station once stood here?
Early rangers were a unique group who came from many backgrounds including prospectors, lumbermen, farmers, cowboys, gunmen, and a sprinkling of professors and newspaper men.
In 1915 Rangers were paid $75 a month and had to own and take care of 2 to 6 horses.
Rangers covered vast roadless areas alone. All work was done on horseback. If a fire broke, a ranger whould grab his axe and saw and head out on his horse to put it out by himself. Phone lines were a constant chore and required frequent repairs. Phone insulators and wire can
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still be found strung across the forest today. Other duties were building trails, reporting abandoned homesteads, squatters and illegal fences, re-blazing survey lines, piling and burning brush, and managing timber sales.
Journey Through Time
Erected by Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Horticulture & Forestry. A significant historical year for this entry is 1915.
Location. 34° 24.867′ N, 110° 36.747′ W. Marker is in Overgaard, Arizona, in Navajo County. Marker is on Black Canyon Road, on the right when traveling north. Black Canyon Road can be accessed by Highway 260. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Overgaard AZ 85933, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Tucked within the rocky ridge of boulders is a water tank that looks like it is part of it.
Photographed By Denise Boose, September 1, 2013
9. Water Storage Tank
Photographed By Denise Boose, September 1, 2013
10. Photo Displayed on Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2013, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. This page has been viewed 740 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on September 15, 2013, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.