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Correspondence regarding development of Shearer airstrip Item Info
- Title:
- Correspondence regarding development of Shearer airstrip
- Creator:
- Brooks, J. F.
- Date Created:
- 1933-05-02
- Description:
- This series of memoranda demonstrates the contentious nature of the Shearer airstrip, even in 1933 when it was initially considered by Forest Service administrators as a possible landing site. Most arguments centered on safety concerns regarding the fitness of the land: the runway would be short, the landing field would need to be drained, and a Forest Service employee would have to be stationed at the airstrip to maintain good landing conditions. These issues and others would plague the Shearer airstrip for the next sixty years.
- Subjects:
- Shearer Airstrip
- Location:
- Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (Idaho and Mont.)
- Latitude:
- 45.991416
- Longitude:
- -114.839946
- Source:
- NARA Seattle
- Source Identifier:
- Shearer_Landing_Field_05-02-33
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Language:
- eng
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Correspondence regarding development of Shearer airstrip", Demo Collection, Center for Digital Inquiry and Learning (CDIL)
- Reference Link:
- https://hgreen14.github.io/democollection/items/sbw128.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted. For more information, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/