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1937 picture of the lower barn nearing completion.
This shot is looking back up the hill towards the remainder of the new buildings. (Forest Service Northern Region Archives)

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“A worthless lot of shacks” -- Ranger Stations of the Swan Valley and Bigfork
February 2, 2022 midnight

“A worthless lot of shacks” -- Ranger Stations of the Swan Valley and Bigfork

While many in Bigfork associate the Forest Service with the bucolic white buildings that make up the current Swan Lake ranger district compound of today, the early Forest Service and its administration were typified by constant movement, adjustment, and construction.