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FLH and Bureau of Public Roads Retiree Memoirs

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Some of the articles contain outdated contact information.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
Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2019