Very nice!!!

So very picturesque!

I spent some time in that area in my early 20s, very beautiful area! I could easily live in this cabin. Excellent photo!

They allow people to build cabins on forest service land, but are raising a stink about mining claims!! I don't believe the USFS BS!! Great shot though!

It seems UVDan did not read your commentary closely, nor looked up that act. Personally, I'd rather see a cabin or several built than to see someone digging up the area in search of a mineral whose value fluctuates on a daily basis depending on the whims of a market driven by greed

National Forest Homeowners: A Brief History Cabins in the woods" on lands now managed by the U. S. Forest Service pre-date the founding of the Forest Service many years. People often went into 'the woods" and built little fishing or hunting huts and cabins, or summer homes; the earliest for which we have a record were in the early 1870s. In 1891 Congress authorized the President to establish forest reserves (now called national forests), and President Harrison created the first one that same year. This Act locked up the forest lands and made no provision for their use or protection. So the Organic Act of 1897 made it possible to protect all the resources of federal lands, and to permit use of those resources. A number of cabins were permitted and built between 1903 and 1908, but because only one-year permits were given without any certainty of renewal or extension, making the investment a risky one, it was not a popular use. A few of those cabins still exist, and some of the owners are members of National Forest Homeowners (NFH). On March 4, 1915, Congress passed the Act allowing permits to be issued for more than one year, and/or renewable indefinitely, which gave many people the basis for calling them "99-year leases." By then the Forest Service (FS) had millions of acres of land under management in the West and very few 'public' users, and were being contrasted unfavorably with the Park Service, who had many users. So tracts of land, usually on or near lakes and streams, were surveyed and platted with lots marked for family cabins. Newspapers in nearby large cities were used to advertise their availability, at a cost ranging from $10 to $25 per year, trying to coax folks to build and enjoy the forest as a vacation destination. Some of our members' families built their cabins in 1916-20. During the 1920s Congress passed an Act authorizing 25% of FS permit fees to go back to the county of origin, and the balance goes into the Federal Treasury. there's a lot more about this act on this page (do a Google Search)

A charming little place to be sure. Thanks for sharing. :)

wow a long history from Mike. I had no idea how the government treated these old structures. I really like the frontal feel of this shot, even though the house is recessed; it still comes forward to us, maybe in part from the slightly toned-down hues and contrasts around it. It sits gracefully inside all that spindly greenery, while it, itself, has that ornery dignity that old wooden structures get after many years---where they just move beyond age, and seem to acquire agelessness. Fine light on the pillars, contrasted with the shadows behind. And the leafy surrounding makes it feel like we're peeking inside a tall natural guard-wall, Very sensitively shot, and very delicate considering it's a frontal shot (an angle that isn't always delicate, by nature.) More fine facade work from you, set inside nature...

I could summer in a cabin like this. A beautiful capture!