Franklin truck, experimental vehicle built with wide front wheels and caterpillar drive for travel over soft mud and through shallow water. Stuck in mud. End of experiment. October, 1928. Black & white photograph, 3 x 5.5 inches.
Experimental automobiles--Utah--Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge--Pictorial works; Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--Pictorial works
Three wooden wagons, each drawn by two horses, and their drivers stand on a flat ferry boat waiting to disembark from their trip across the Bear River. They are carrying cinders for road construction. May 19, 1931. Black & white photograph, 3.5 x...
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Bird refuges--Utah--Design and construction--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles--Utah--Pictorial works; Ferries--Utah--Pictorial works
Amphibious swamp boat "Mud Queen" on reconnaissance survey in South Bay, Utah in summer, 1929. Black & white photograph, 3 x 5.25 inches.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Bird watching--Utah--Pictorial works; Boats and boating--Utah--Pictorial works; Wetlands--Utah--Pictorial works; South Bay (Utah)--Pictorial works; Motor vehicles,...
View looking southeast at construction of river control structure no. 3 of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, showing first radial gate being lowered into place, December 16, 1929. Black & white photograph, 2.5 x 4 inches.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--Design and construction--Pictorial works
Excavation and the driving of Wakefield piling at Reeder Overflow canal, one of several sources of water coming into the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, August 25, 1930. Black and white photograph, 3 x 5.5 inches.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Bird refuges--Utah--Design and construction--Pictorial works; Reeder Overflow (Utah); Piling (Civil Engineering)--Design and construction--Pictorial works
Water discharging from spillbox at Station 452.00 "D", Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Sept. 16, 1930. Photo includes workers placing rock rip-rap and two wooden wagons, each pulled by a team of horses. Black & white photograph, 3.5 x 5.75...
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Bird refuges--Utah--Design and construction--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles--Utah--Pictorial works
Civilian Conservation Corp boys spread gravel on the beach line of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge's Unit 5 main dike, Spring 1935. Negative of photo submitted to Washington by the camp. Black & white photograph, 3 x 5 inches.
Dikes (Engineering)--Design and construction--Pictorial works; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)--History--Pictorial works; Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Bird refuges--Utah--Design and construction--Pictorial...
Civilian Conservation Corps workers are digging up scirpus tubers to be transplanted in Unit 5 at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, May 8, 1941. Black & white photograph, 3 x 4 inches.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)--History--Pictorial works; Scirpus--Pictorial works; Salt marshes--Utah--Pictorial works
Air boat driven by Cecil Williams skims across the water at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. These air boats run well across shallow waters and mud flats. With an aluminum hull, the boat shown here is powered by a 4-cylinder airplane motor...
Boats and boating--Utah--Pictorial works; Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Salt marshes--Utah--Pictorial works
View from the observation tower shows many hunters' vehicles parked at the headquarters of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Oct. 15, 1938. This panoramic view shows the surrounding salt marshes and mountains in the background. Black & white...
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Salt marshes--Utah--Pictorial works; Automobiles--Pictorial works
Conference attendees at the concluding luncheon of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge's Botulism Conference April 4, 1940. Consisted mainly of refuge managers and agency officials. Black & white photograph, 3 x 4 inches.
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Gas and mud gush out of the 6 inch casing as men pull the last wash rod out from the hole drilled for the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge's first well, August 19, 1931. Black & white photograph, 3.5 x 5.5 inches.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Bird refuges--Utah--Design and construction--Pictorial works; Water well drilling--Utah--Pictorial works
Well no. 1 at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge blows gas and mud just after the well drilling rig has been moved away from the hole, August 20, 1931. Black & white photograph, 5.5 x 3.25 inches.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Bird refuges--Utah--Design and construction--Pictorial works; Water well drilling--Utah--Pictorial works
Photograph taken from the roof of the headquarters cabin showing control works and Unit 2 of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in the background. Black & white photograph, 3.5 x 6 inches.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works
A man stands in the shallow water of the Willard Bay section of the Refuge, shooting ducks with a rifle as part of a duck sickness control effort, Sept. 19, 1932. Next to him is another man in a mud boat. Black & white photograph, 3.25 x 5.2...
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Ducks--Diseases--Prevention--Pictorial works; Duck shooting--Utah--Pictorial works; Avian botulism--Prevention--Pictorial works
View of snow-covered camp at Box 465-00 "N" line, Unit 5, January 6, 1931. Men are unloading lumber from a horse-drawn sleigh. In the background are several cars, heavy machinery, a shed, and two camper-type vehicles.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Truck campers--Pictorial works; Horse-drawn vehicles--Pictorial works; Sleighs--Pictorial works; Automobiles--Pictorial works
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) tractor driven by CCC boy over side of gravel loading trap onto engine of truck being loaded northeast of Brigham City, spring, 1935.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Tractors--Pictorial works
The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge's garage, boat house, and workshop while under construction in 1932. Black & white photograph, 3.15 x 5.45 inches.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Bird refuges--Utah--Design and construction--Pictorial works
Proposed site for a dam between Deweyville and Tremonton, Utah. Taken about 1939 when bill to authorize construction was introduced to Congress. One b & w photograph.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Dams--Bear River Watershed (Utah-Idaho)-- Pictorial works
Duck trap containing several ducks caught for banding at the mouth of the third lateral canal entering Unit 1, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Spring 1931.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works
George E. Mushback and Mr. Diffenbach inspect backfilling of spillbox being done by dragline, an excavating machine that fills in areas by dragging dirt towards itself.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Draglines--Pictorial works
River control area of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, with garage and boathouse in the background, summer, 1934. Black & white photograph, 3.25 x 5.75 inches.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Wetland restoration--Utah--Pictorial works; Flood dams and reservoirs--Utah--Pictorial works
Ford truck sits atop ice in Unit 1 of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Its driver is in the background looking at the dike and spillbox which is completely frozen. February 1932.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Ford trucks--Pictorial works
View east of Reeder Overflow control structure showing high water and trash caught in front. Two men are standing looking down at the debris; snow covered mountains are in the background.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah)--History--Pictorial works; Reeder Overflow (Utah)--Pictorial works
Installing the new caterpiller track onto the Franklin truck, an experimental vehicle for marsh travel through mud and shallow water, October, 1928. Black & white photograph, 3 x 5.5 in.
Experimental automobiles -- Utah -- Pictorial works; Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Utah) -- History -- Pictorial works