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Savenac Nursery

Classification: TNursery
Latitude: 47.3888°     Longitude: -115.3904°
Elevation: 3199 ft.

Area: West End (St.Regis River Valley)

Legal Description: T19N,R30W,sec23 MT

UTMZone: 621479, 5249628

Directions:
On I-90, take exit #16 at Haugen (90 miles west of Missoula).


Attractions and Comments:
This beautifully landscaped historic site contains buildings built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, a pond, a small arboretum, a creek, and a section of the Mullan Road. Look for swallows, Cinnamon Teal and Mallards at the pond and forest birds along Savenac Creek.

Narrative:

Take a walk through the arboretum where you can walk through the trees and reflect on the names of fallen fire fighters from 1910.
The path through the arboretum which is home to many types of trees and plaques commemorating Forest Service employees who died in the 1910 fire.
The memorial plaque nestled near the trees.
The path from the arboretum which leads to the memorial plaque.
The memorial plaque which reads, "This stone is in memory of the seventy-eight Forest Service fire fighters who valiantly died in the great forest fire of 1910. This memorial stone was erected in 1941 by company 956, Camp Taft, Civilian Conservation Corps. The memorial was dedicated in 1996 by the [USDA] Forest Service."
Contact:
 
Superior Ranger District
P.O. Box 460
Superior MT 59872
(406) 822-4233



Facilities: Parking, Picnic sites, Flush toilets, Horseshoe pits, River/Creek Walk, Scenery, Wildflowers, Wildlife

The 7.5 minute series USGS topographic maps for that area

Driveway Peak ? ?
Saltese                       
Haugan
                     SE 		De Borgia North
Adair McGee Peak De Borgia South
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