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Letter, George W. Case to Phil Shearer Item Info
- Title:
- Letter, George W. Case to Phil Shearer
- Creator:
- Case, George W.
- Creator Title:
- Forest Ranger
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1933-12-01
- Description:
- In this rare, hand-written letter, Ranger George W. Case informs private landowner Phil Shearer that the Forest Service has received approval to purchase a portion of his land for the purposes of building an airstrip. This letter marks the beginning of a long controversy between Forest Service personnel, local businesses, tourists, and legislative officials over the appropriateness of backcountry airstrips, and the suitability of Shearer airstrip in particular.
- Subjects:
- shearer airstrip
- Section:
- Wilderness Pages
- Location:
- Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (Idaho and Mont.)
- Idaho County:
- Idaho County
- Latitude:
- 45.991416
- Longitude:
- -114.839946
- Publisher:
- Unpublished
- Source:
- Unknown
- Original URL:
- https://sbw.lib.uidaho.edu/pages.html
- Source Identifier:
- Letter_to_Shearer_12-01-33
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Language:
- eng
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Letter, George W. Case to Phil Shearer", The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness History Project, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/sbw/items/sbw124.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/