This section offers a series of articles on the history of FLH, from the era in which it was designated the Bureau of Public Roads through more recent decades.

Some of the articles contain outdated contact information. Retirees with additional stories to share may send them to the FLH Webmaster for delivery to the current FLH Historian.

Articles

1. Conversations with Retirees: Introducing the People Behind the Stories
2. A Ride in the Park: Remembering West Glacier and the Graham-Paige
3. From Camps to Lodges to Per Diem - Part 1
4. From Camps to Lodges to Per Diem - Part 2
5. Life in the Camps: The Smith River Project
6. Life in the Camps: Gumboot Road, 1957
7. Life in the Camps: The Libby Dam project, Montana 
8. Life in the Camps: The Rogue River Road 
9. Federal Lands Programs -- BLM Roads  
10. BLM and BPR: An Important Partnership 
11. Partnerships that Work: BPR and the National Park Service
12. Partnerships at Work: A Manager's Perspective 
13. Forest Highways: Construction and Redesign
14. A Few of BPR's Construction "Firsts" 
15. Forest Service Projects -- First Impressions
16. Getting Hired at the Bureau of Public Roads - Part 1 
17. Getting Hired at the Bureau of Public Roads - Part 2 
18. From Getting Hired to Getting Ahead - Part 1 
19. From Getting Hired to Getting Ahead - Part 2 
20. Life in the Camps: Clearwater Camp 
21. Fanning Controversy - The Nestucca River Crossing 
22. Partnerships at Work, Part 1: From Schmoozing to Strategizing 
23. Partnerships at Work, Part 2: "Let Them Do It"
24. Computers Changed the Way We Work 
25. A Trainee's Perspective, 1965-1968 
26. Summer Hire Perspectives, Part 1 -- BPR, 1961-1962 
27. Getting Hired at the Bureau of Public Roads -- Part 3 
28. Jack the Giant Killer 
29. The Environmental Program --Part 1: The Beginnings 
30. Bridge Construction: The Moyie River Bridge 
31. Summer Hire Perspectives, Part 2 -- BPR, 1963-1965 
32. The Environmental Program - Part 2: Two Decades of Growth
33. Spur of the Moment Decisions: An Interview with Jim Hall  
34. The Bridge To Nowhere -- Hope, Idaho, 1965-1975 
35. Summer Hire Perspectives -- 1959-1962, Larry Brown 
36. Summer Hire Perspectives -- 1961, Larry Brown 
37. The Prince of Wales Island Road System: From Logging Roads to State Scenic Byway 
38. Bureau of Land Management Roads -- Part 1: An Office for Maintaining Timber Roads is Established in the Oregon Division
39. Bureau of Land Management Roads -- Part 2: The BLM Road Maintenance Program Moves to Vancouver 
40. Bureau of Land Management Roads -- Part 3: The Western Oregon Roads Maintenance Program is Transferred to the BLM 
41. The Survey Crew Experience - Part 1: Oregon and Washington, 1959-1969 
42. The Survey Crew Experience - Part 2: Montana, 1962-1965 
43. The Survey Crew Experience - Part 3: Aerial Mapping, 1971-1972 
44. Life in the Camps: Smith River Camp, 1955-1957 
45. Postcard from an Earlier Era: Ray Westby 
46. Life in the Camps: The North Cross-State Highway, 1966 -- Part 1 
47. Life in the Camps: The North Cross-State Highway, 1966 -- Part 2  
48. Postcard from an Earlier Era: Leonard Deklotz 
49. Chinook Pass (National Park Highway) 1994-95, Part I  
50. Chinook Pass (National Park Highway) 1994-95, Part II 
51. Cayuse Pass (National Park Highway) 1998
52. Life in the Camps: Prince of Wales Island, 1980-1996 
53. Postcard from an Earlier Era: Nestucca River Back Country Byway
54. Building Remodels and an Open House, 1969-71
55. Postcard from an Earlier Era: The Great "North Cross" Bear Hunt
56. Life in the Camps: The Smith River Project, 1954