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Some of the articles contain outdated contact information.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
- Conversations with Retirees: Introducing the People Behind the Stories
- A Ride in the Park: Remembering West Glacier and the Graham-Paige
- From Camps to Lodges to Per Diem - Part 1
- From Camps to Lodges to Per Diem - Part 2
- Life in the Camps: The Smith River Project
- Life in the Camps: Gumboot Road, 1957
- Life in the Camps: The Libby Dam project, Montana
- Life in the Camps: The Rogue River Road
- Federal Lands Programs -- BLM Roads
- BLM and BPR: An Important Partnership
- Partnerships that Work: BPR and the National Park Service
- Partnerships at Work: A Manager's Perspective
- Forest Highways: Construction and Redesign
- A Few of BPR's Construction "Firsts"
- Forest Service Projects -- First Impressions
- Getting Hired at the Bureau of Public Roads - Part 1
- Getting Hired at the Bureau of Public Roads - Part 2
- From Getting Hired to Getting Ahead - Part 1
- From Getting Hired to Getting Ahead - Part 2
- Life in the Camps: Clearwater Camp
- Fanning Controversy - The Nestucca River Crossing
- Partnerships at Work, Part 1: From Schmoozing to Strategizing
- Partnerships at Work, Part 2: "Let Them Do It"
- Computers Changed the Way We Work
- A Trainee's Perspective, 1965-1968
- Summer Hire Perspectives, Part 1 -- BPR, 1961-1962
- Getting Hired at the Bureau of Public Roads -- Part 3
- Jack the Giant Killer
- The Environmental Program --Part 1: The Beginnings
- Bridge Construction: The Moyie River Bridge
- Summer Hire Perspectives, Part 2 -- BPR, 1963-1965
- The Environmental Program - Part 2: Two Decades of Growth
- Spur of the Moment Decisions: An Interview with Jim Hall
- The Bridge To Nowhere -- Hope, Idaho, 1965-1975
- Summer Hire Perspectives -- 1959-1962, Larry Brown
- Summer Hire Perspectives -- 1961, Larry Brown
- The Prince of Wales Island Road System: From Logging Roads to State Scenic Byway
- Bureau of Land Management Roads -- Part 1: An Office for Maintaining Timber Roads is Established in the Oregon Division
- Bureau of Land Management Roads -- Part 2: The BLM Road Maintenance Program Moves to Vancouver
- Bureau of Land Management Roads -- Part 3: The Western Oregon Roads Maintenance Program is Transferred to the BLM
- The Survey Crew Experience - Part 1: Oregon and Washington, 1959-1969
- The Survey Crew Experience - Part 2: Montana, 1962-1965
- The Survey Crew Experience - Part 3: Aerial Mapping, 1971-1972
- Life in the Camps: Smith River Camp, 1955-1957
- Postcard from an Earlier Era: Ray Westby
- Life in the Camps: The North Cross-State Highway, 1966 -- Part 1
- Life in the Camps: The North Cross-State Highway, 1966 -- Part 2
- Postcard from an Earlier Era: Leonard Deklotz
- Chinook Pass (National Park Highway) 1994-95, Part I
- Chinook Pass (National Park Highway) 1994-95, Part II
- Cayuse Pass (National Park Highway) 1998
- Life in the Camps: Prince of Wales Island, 1980-1996
- Postcard from an Earlier Era: Nestucca River Back Country Byway
- Building Remodels and an Open House, 1969-71
- Postcard from an Earlier Era: The Great "North Cross" Bear Hunt
- Life in the Camps: The Smith River Project, 1954
Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2019