Clark National Forest
Clark National Forest was a National Forest in Missouri established on September 11, 1939 with 1,971,885 acres (7,979.9 km2). On July 1, 1973 it was administratively combined with Mark Twain National Forest, and on February 17, 1976 it was absorbed by Mark Twain.[1]
Map of National Forests in Missouri in 1974. Clark National Forest planning units are the dotted areas (Rolla-Houston, Salem-Potosi, Fredericktown, Poplar Bluff in this map, Cedar Creek not shown on this map).
The forest was named after Champ Clark, a state legislator.[2]
References
- Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (pdf), The Forest History Society
- "Crawford County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
External links
- Forest History Society
- Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (from the Forest History Society website) Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743-788.
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