Forests and forestry

An unidentified man with a pair of horses hauls railroad ties down a snow road in the Wasatch National Forest in Utah.

Horses pull a sled of ties on a snow road through the Wasatch National Forest in Utah. Men in the background are unidentified.

Lyle F. Watts sits leaning against a stump drinking from a bottle with typical railroad tie hack tools arranged about him for this playful photo in the Wasatch National Forest in Utah.

Snow covered log cabin with heavy icicles in the Wasatch National Forest. Lyle Watts jokingly called it "The Palace."

The Bell family poses outside the door of their log cabin. Lyle Watts says the foresters boarded with them for two months and ate "pretty bad food."

Lyle F. Watts dressed for the winter in the Wasatch National Forest in Utah. He labeled this photo, "All In."

Lyle F. Watts Adjusting His Snowshoe in the Wasatch National Forest in Utah.

Forester Lyle F. Watts stands at the door of a snow cave in the Wasatch National Forest.

Close-up of the log cabin called "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" in Wasatch National Forest. Other times, Watts called it "The Palace of Aching Hearts." The man outside is unidentified. Original Negative.

An unidentified forester hacks railroad ties in Wasatch National Forest.