1936 Map of Boehls Butte

About this map

Boehls sits at the heart of this mid-century wilderness survey, marking a rare point of named human activity in a landscape defined by high ridges and deep river canyons. The terrain is divided by the Little North Fork Clearwater River and the North Fork Clearwater River, which carve through the Bitterroot Mountains and St Joe Mountains. This era in the Idaho backcountry was characterized by an extensive fire-watch network, documented here through a dense collection of remote lookout stations including Boehls Butte Lookout, Bertha Hill Lookout, and Armstrong Lookout.