Forest Diary – Reuben P. Box, US Forest Service US Forest Service Diaries Daily work diaries of Reuben P. Box , US Forest Service Ranger for the North Butte Protection Unit of the Lassen National Forest , stationed at Stirling City, California. These diaries document forest management, fire suppression, law enforcement, road construction, and daily life in the northern California mountains from 1927 to 1945. These family records were scanned and digitized by Lance Orner . Handwriting transcription by Mistral OCR . Text summaries and indexes built by Anthropic Claude . Hosting by DreamHost . In partnership with Working Toast, LLC and Stirling City Historical Society . For more information, contact Lance at [email protected] . Highlights: March 1927 — Diaries begin at Stirling City; transferred to Klamath National Forest February 1928 — Returned to Stirling City, North Butte Protection Unit April 20, 1931 — Stirling City town fire July 22, 1931 — Mud Creek Fire, largest fire of 1931, 10-day operation October 1932 — Federal arson arrests and Grand Jury testimony in Sacramento January 1938 — Transferred to Hat Creek District December 7, 1941 — Pearl Harbor attack, forest watches set up March 31, 1945 — Retired from the Forest Service 217 Months 4656 Days 7488 Pages 413 People 70 Places 50 Events 1927 March 10 pages April 31 pages May 33 pages June 32 pages July 30 pages August 26 pages September 28 pages October 32 pages November 22 pages December 14 pages 1928 January 23 pages February 25 pages March 26 pages April 31 pages May 36 pages June 30 pages July 40 pages August 32 pages September 27 pages October 28 pages November 29 pages December 15 pages 1929 January 21 pages February 28 pages March 34 pages April 32 pages May 33 pages June 31 pages July 33 pages August 33 pages September 33 pages October 31 pages November 33 pages December 25 pages 1930 January 31 pages February 28 pages March 5 pages April 28 pages May 31 pages June 31 pages July 31 pages August 33 pages September 30 pages October 28 pages November 27 pages December 30 pages 1931 January 29 pages February 25 pages March 31 pages April 35 pages May 43 pages June 41 pages July 50 pages August 48 pages September 47 pages October 45 pages November 33 pages December 23 pages 1932 January 43 pages February 33 pages March 41 pages April 38 pages May 37 pages June 37 pages July 43 pages August 42 pages September 40 pages October 36 pages November 41 pages December 28 pages 1933 January 34 pages February 20 pages March 15 pages April 38 pages May 40 pages June 51 pages July 47 pages August 40 pages September 45 pages October 42 pages November 39 pages December 35 pages 1934 January 37 pages February 33 pages March 46 pages April 36 pages May 39 pages June 42 pages July 46 pages August 40 pages September 39 pages October 42 pages November 40 pages December 26 pages 1935 January 32 pages February 36 pages March 34 pages April 38 pages May 39 pages June 47 pages July 47 pages August 47 pages Septem

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