HANK SCHMIDT’S MONTHLY REPORT: Arches National Monument, October 1940

This is Hank Schmidt’s Monthly Report from October of 1940. He’d been the park custodian at Arches National Monument for roughly a year.

CCC Crew in Grand County, 1940. Photo Credit: NPS
CCC camp
CCC Camp. Photo Credit: NPS
Hank Schmidt. Photo credit: NPS
Photo Credit: NPS
Doc Williams. Photo by Harry Redd
Hank Schmidt on horse
Photo Credit: NPS

Click Here to Read HANK SCHMIDT’S MONTHLY REPORT: Arches National Monument, June 1940

Click Here to Read HANK SCHMIDT’S MONTHLY REPORT: Arches National Monument, March 1940

Click Here to Read HANK SCHMIDT’S MONTHLY REPORT: Arches National Monument, December 1939

* NOTE: Thanks to former Arches NP superintendent Paul D. Guraedy, who gave me access in 1988 to the old monthly reports…JS

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5 comments for “HANK SCHMIDT’S MONTHLY REPORT: Arches National Monument, October 1940

  1. Margot Haertel
    July 2, 2020 at 8:49 am

    These articles are very interesting to me personally. Hank Schmidt is my father. I was born in Moab and grew up in the NPS at Sequoia/Kings Canyon, Sitka and Glacier Bay. When my father transferred to Big Bend, I worked at Cedar Breaks one summer as a SCA volunteer. I met my husband at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan, and the “beat goes on.” We live in Maine where Paul’s last assignment was at Acadia National Park.
    Thanks for,the memories,
    Margot Schmidt Haertel

  2. Margot Haertel
    July 2, 2020 at 8:51 am

    Thanks for the memories and keeping the NPS family informed.

  3. Margot Haertel
    July 2, 2020 at 8:53 am
  4. Margot Haertel
    July 2, 2020 at 8:57 am

    Thanks for the work you are doing.
    Margot Schmidt Haertel

  5. Rob Parks
    September 21, 2022 at 5:24 pm

    So neat to read all these reports and posts by and about my Grandpa!

    Thank you!

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