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The Mark Twain National Forest, as we know it today, was created on February 17, 1976. The Mark Twain National forest has a rather unusual history – for it was once known as both the Clark National Forest and the Mark Twain National Forest – both being proclaimed on September 11, 1939.
Houston Ranger Station Historic District is a national historic district located in Mark Twain National Forest near Houston, Texas County, Missouri.The district encompasses five frame and limestone buildings constructed by the Lynchburg Camp of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during 1936 and 1937.
Winona Ranger Station Historic District is a historic ranger station and national historic district located in Mark Twain National Forest near Winona, Shannon County, Missouri. The district encompasses four contributing buildings, associated with a ranger station constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) under the supervision of a ...
Much of the Ozark trail is located in the Mark Twain National Forest.The forest officially opened in the 1930s. It consists of 1.5 million acres in 29 counties in Missouri.It was a gorgeous, fall ...
The Irish Wilderness is a 16,227-acre (66 km 2) wilderness area in the U.S. State of Missouri.The U.S. Congress designated it a wilderness in 1984. The Irish Wilderness is located within the Eleven Point Ranger District of the Mark Twain National Forest, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Alton, Missouri.
It continues to be used as a Ranger Station for the Mark Twain National Forest. [ 2 ] : 5–6, 8 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
On a serious note, timber poaching is a widespread problem, and not just in the 1.5-million-acre Mark Twain National Forest but across the Ozarks, on private as well as public land.
The Rockpile Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Missouri in Mark Twain National Forest. It takes its name from an ancient circle of granite rock, piled by some earlier man on top of the mountain. [1] The namesake rock pile most likely was an Indian cairn. [2]