| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement superior pine |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Even though the Crossett Experimental Forest is primarily known for its contributions to the study of naturally regenerated southern pine forests, it did play an important role in parts of the early tree improvement programs in the southeastern US. In this picture, Hoy C. Grigsby scales a ladder to the crown of one of the best pine trees found on the Crossett Experimental Forest. |
| Date: | 1960s |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement superior pine |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | A plus tree on the Crossett Experimental Forest. |
| Date: | 1960s |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Crossett Experimental Forest office front yard and enlarged building. |
| Date: | 4/19/1959 |
![Caption reads: "[Crossett] Exp. For. Nursery. View showing seed beds. High beds filled with special loamny sand for better drainage. View from south side looking north."](/rds/imagedb/images/_thm/28048.jpg "Caption reads: \"[Crossett] Exp. For. Nursery. View showing seed beds. High beds filled with special loamny sand for better drainage. View from south side looking north.\"")
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "[Crossett] Exp. For. Nursery. View showing seed beds. High beds filled with special loamny sand for better drainage. View from south side looking north." |
| Date: | 4/19/1959 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree rings growth |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Section from 24" d.b.h. 4-log loblolly pine of good quality. Because of high percentage of summerwood this tree is high quality for either pulpwood or logs." |
| Date: | 6/1957 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree rings growth |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Many of the older and larger loblolly pine that have been cut for sawlogs on the selection study have a slow growth core. This indicates they were suppressed individuals in the virgin stand. This early suppression has not affected later growth rate." |
| Date: | 9/1956 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest pine release herbicide |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Plot 6. Hardwoods were completely eliminated by repeated chemical treatments. Picture taken from tree #9. Grano is beside tree #15." |
| Date: | 5/17/1956 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest pine release herbicide |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Plot 5. Check plot. Note how dense hardwood has become. Picture taken from NE plot corner aimed at tree #36. CXG in foreground." |
| Date: | 5/17/1956 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement genetics |
| Organisms: | Japanese black pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Crossett Branch genetics nursery. Japanese black pine in second growing season in foreground." |
| Date: | 5/1955 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest sign |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Crossett Experimental Forest headquarters sign. |
| Date: | 3/1953 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest personnel field tour |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Students and faculty from the University of Michigan on field tour of the Crossett Experimental Forest. |
| Date: | 4/1952 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest growth |
| Organisms: | shortleaf pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "High-quality shortleaf pine now 20" d.b.h. and growing over 3" in diam. per 10 yrs. This tree originally developed in a small opening and was partially suppressed for a long period. The suppression cause it to clean up to a good height and the stem may now produce 70% clear lumber." |
| Date: | 1952 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | A close-up view of the pavilion and pump at the picnic grounds of the Crossett Experimental Forest. |
| Date: | circa 1950 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest ice disturbance |
| Organisms: |
shortleaf pine loblolly pine pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Relatively large group of shortleaf and loblolly pine pole size timber severely damaged by ice storm of Jan. 14, 1944. Trees from 4-8 inches d.b.h. growing in groupds and stands of the same size that have been recently thinned suffered heavy damage." |
| Date: | 5/6/1944 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest ice disturbance |
| Organisms: | pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Ice damage from storm of January 14, 1944 to group of planted slash pine in Arboretum. About 60% of the trees have recovered from the effects of storm. View looking toward S.W. corner of Arboretum. Same picture as #429533 but four months later." |
| Date: | 5/6/1944 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest ice disturbance |
| Organisms: |
shortleaf pine loblolly pine pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Group of small sized shortleaf-loblolly pine that has completely recovered from the effects of the severe ice storm of January 14, 1944. Same view as in Photograph No. 429532 but four months later." |
| Date: | 5/6/1944 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest ice disturbance |
| Organisms: | pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Same view as ice damage in Photo #429534, taken months later. |
| Date: | 5/6/1944 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest snow ice building |
| Organisms: | pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Snow and ice storm in January 1944 at the Crossett Experimental Forest headquarters. |
| Date: | 1/14/1944 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest ice disturbance |
| Organisms: | pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | View of the Arboretum on the Crossett Experimental Forest after January 1944 ice storm. |
| Date: | 1/14/1944 |
![Caption reads: "Ice and snow damage to trees along [then Arkansas] State Highway #113. Storm of January 14, 1944. Damage typical of many even-aged groups of poles. Crossett Experimental Forest."](/rds/imagedb/images/_thm/28035.jpg "Caption reads: \"Ice and snow damage to trees along [then Arkansas] State Highway #113. Storm of January 14, 1944. Damage typical of many even-aged groups of poles. Crossett Experimental Forest.\"")
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest ice disturbance |
| Organisms: | pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Ice and snow damage to trees along [then Arkansas] State Highway #113. Storm of January 14, 1944. Damage typical of many even-aged groups of poles. Crossett Experimental Forest." |
| Date: | 1/14/1944 |
![Caption reads: "Ice and snow storm of January 14, 1944 damaged a large number of trees and wires. View along [AR] State Highway 113 Crossett Experimental Forest."](/rds/imagedb/images/_thm/28037.jpg "Caption reads: \"Ice and snow storm of January 14, 1944 damaged a large number of trees and wires. View along [AR] State Highway 113 Crossett Experimental Forest.\"")
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest ice disturbance |
| Organisms: | pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Ice and snow storm of January 14, 1944 damaged a large number of trees and wires. View along [AR] State Highway 113 Crossett Experimental Forest." |
| Date: | 1/14/1944 |
![Caption reads: "View of open field in which first Yale Forestry Camp was held at Crossett in 1915. [actually 1912] L.R. Wilcoxon, Woodland Manager of C.L.Co. [Crossett Lumber Company] and W.B. Rice, Yale graduate and regional forester of R-4 look over the area in 1942.](/rds/imagedb/images/_thm/28503.jpg "Caption reads: \"View of open field in which first Yale Forestry Camp was held at Crossett in 1915. [actually 1912] L.R. Wilcoxon, Woodland Manager of C.L.Co. [Crossett Lumber Company] and W.B. Rice, Yale graduate and regional forester of R-4 look over the area in 1942.")
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest Yale Camp personnel |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "View of open field in which first Yale Forestry Camp was held at Crossett in 1915. [actually 1912] L.R. Wilcoxon, Woodland Manager of C.L.Co. [Crossett Lumber Company] and W.B. Rice, Yale graduate and regional forester of R-4 look over the area in 1942. |
| Date: | 8/10/1942 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest big tree personnel |
| Organisms: | white oak |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Fine example of high grade forked leaf white oak (Quercus alba) cut for sawlogs. First log scaled 817 feet (12 ft.) Doyle Scale and entire tree contained 2750 feet." Boy is one of Russ Reynolds' sons. |
| Date: | 11/4/1940 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest big tree personnel |
| Organisms: | white oak |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Fine example of high grade forked leaf white oak (Quercus alba) cut for sawlogs. First log scaled 817 feet (12 ft.) Doyle Scale and entire tree contained 2750 feet." Boy is one of Russ Reynolds' sons. |
| Date: | 11/4/1940 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest oldfield pulpwood thinning study |
| Organisms: |
loblolly pine shortleaf pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Shortleaf-loblolly pine old field stand 46 years of age 3 years after thinning to best 40 crop trees per acre. Pulpwood thinning plot #4 Block A. View same as in Photograph #350866 except 3 years later. Camera Sta. #4" |
| Date: | 5/7/1940 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest road flood |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Some floods occur in a completely wooded drainage area. High water across Forest Service road No. 8 between Compartments 62-63 as a result of a 3.75 inch rainfall during the previous 24 hour period. This intermittent stream is usually dry." |
| Date: | 4/7/1938 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Bath house (12' x 20') at the Crossett Experimental Forest headquarters constructed with WPA labor. |
| Date: | 7/26/1937 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Stitched images of Crossett Experimental Forest headquarters. |
| Date: | 7/23/1937 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Resident forester's residence. 7 room log building constructed in 1936-1937. The completed house in 1937. It had a 18'x25' living room, a 16'x18' dining room, a large kitchen, two bedrooms and a sleeping porch, a bath, laundry room and cellar. |
| Date: | 7/23/1937 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest road |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Typical 20 foot Forest Service constructed with CWA hand labor. Road to be gravelled and used for utilization of forest products as well as for protection and administration. Road #4 looking east from intersection of roads #4 and #6." |
| Date: | 7/23/1937 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest planting road |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Example of roadside planting attempted on the Crossett Experimental Forest. Trees five years old at the time of photograph." |
| Date: | 7/23/1937 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest oldfield pulpwood thinning study |
| Organisms: |
loblolly pine shortleaf pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Pulpwood thinning study Ark. #8 Plot #4, Block A, immediately after thinning. Approximately 32 cords of pulpwood has been removed per acre. Camera Station #4." |
| Date: | 5/10/1937 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest pine release pulpwood thinning seed trees |
| Organisms: |
shortleaf pine loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Pulpwood thinning study plot #5B. Part of a stack of 42 cords of pulpwood thinned from one acre of a 43-year-old shortleaf pine-loblolly oldfield stand, with approximately 5 cords of wood left per acre in seed trees. |
| Date: | 5/10/1937 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest buildings personnel |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Part of a group of foresters including the Regional Forester and representatives of his staff; the Director of the Southern Forest Experiment Station and representatives of his staff and State and private foresters who attended an annual two day meeting at the Crossett Experimental Forest in April 1937." |
| Date: | 4/23/1937 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forests personnel buildings |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Part of a group of foresters including the Regional Forester and representatives of his staff; the Director of the Southern Forest Experiment Station and representatives of his staff and State and private foresters who attended an annual two day meeting at the Crossett Experimental Forest in April 1937." |
| Date: | 4/1937 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest road |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Crossett Experimental Forest road constructed in 1935. All work done with hand labor. Road # 4 at old Maxwell place looking West." |
| Date: | 3/16/1937 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Office, Crossett Experimental Forest. Building contains lobby, laboratory, dark room, two offices, bath and cellar. |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Residence #1 on the Crossett Experimental Forest constructed with WPA labor, contains 7 rooms, bath, and cellar. |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Cabin #1, Crossett Experimental Forest. Cabin is 24'x24' and contains 4 rooms, constructed with WPA labor. Building to be used by Forest Service personnel on temporary assignments. |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Equipment depot (40'x60') at Crossett Experimental Forest. Building 1 1/2 stored in height contains large equipment room, large workshop, large storage room, bath and large amount of storage space including rat proof room on second floor. |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Four car garage, Crossett Experimental Forest headquarters. |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Filling station at the Crossett Experimental Forest headquarters. |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest tree improvement |
| Organisms: | slash pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "A good specimen of a group of slash pine (Pinus caribaea) at about the end of the third growing season after planting as 1-0 stock." |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest firebreak |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Fire line on the Crossett Experimental Forest. |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest oldfield road |
| Organisms: |
loblolly pine shortleaf pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "About 1860, this road passed through a rich farming section. The fields have since seeded into shortleaf and loblolly pine and the road has been abandoned. Picture taken from a point 54 feet SE (S42oE) from Camera Station #5." |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest oldfield pulpwood thinning study |
| Organisms: |
loblolly pine shortleaf pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "Well stocked shortleaf-loblolly pine oldfield stand 43 years old. Stand has been stagnated for approximately 20 years with a consequent heavy mortality. Pulpwood thinning plot #4A before cutting. Camera Station #4, Crossett Experimental Forest, Crossett, Arkansas." |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest big tree |
| Organisms: | loblolly pine |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "A fine specimen of second growth loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) 38-inches in diameter and about 60 years of age. Tree contains 1700 board feet of good quality logs." |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest big tree |
| Organisms: | white oak |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Caption reads: "A fine specimen of forked-leaf white oak (Quercus alba) 44-inches at d.b.h. and containing approximately 2,000 board feet of high grade lumber." Unknown man in picture for scale. |
| Date: | 11/10/1936 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Production of cypress shingles or "shakes" with which to cover the roofs of the headquarters buidlings at the Crossett Experimental Forest. Picture taken east of Equipment Depot looking west. |
| Date: | 1935 |
| Collection: | Southern Research Station Historical Documents and Images |
| Keywords: |
experimental forest building |
| Location: | Crossett Experimental Forest; Ashley County; Arkansas |
| Description: | Original office building at the Crossett Research Center headquarters located about 8 miles south of Crossett, Ark. on the Crossett- Bastrop Highway. Building constructed in October and November 1934. |
| Date: | 1935 |