April 22, 1941 Dear Hugh: This report is going to be a bit brief because I am at present confined to bed with a severe cold, and am attempting to think and write clearly while lying almost flat on my…
February 17, 1941 Dear Hugh: This part of the country has at last been favored with a little sunshine and the past three weeks of heavy fog have left us with a greater appreciation of the Moab sunshine. It seems…
January 22, 1942 By Henry G Schmidt, Custodian Moab, Utah Travel this month, 63; Travel year to date, 625 Weather The new year of 1942 brought us zero temperatures and cold winds, lasting for 6 days and an abrupt change…
Dear Hugh: We have made some progress with the project to post the boundary. The entire West boundary of the monument has been posted and almost a quarter of the East boundary is now posted. This work has given me…
August 21st, 1941Mr Hugh M Miller, SuperintendentSouthwestern National MonumentsCoolidge, Arizona Dear Hugh: It’s about that time of the month again to compile my notes into the regular monthly report and I think I will try to catch time for a…
June 23rd, 1941Mr Hugh M Miller, SuperintendentSouthwestern National MonumentsCoolidge, Arizona Dear Hugh: It is hot enough today to fry eggs on the “slickrock”, but there are things to be done so I may as well ignore the heat and get…
NOTE: This edition of Hank Schmidt’s monthly reports is especially difficult to read. The National park Service operated on a shoestring budget in those days and the park managers were encouraged to conserve whenever possible. Here, Hank must have decided…
This is Hank Schmidt’s Monthly Report from December of 1940. He’d been the park custodian at Arches National Monument for roughly a year. CLICK HERE TO READ THE PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS OF HANK SCHMIDT’S MONTHLY REPORTS… * NOTE: Thanks to former…
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. Click Here to Read HANK SCHMIDT’S MONTHLY REPORT: Arches National Monument, June 1940 Click Here to Read…
This is Hank Schmidt’s Monthly Report from June of 1940. He’d been the park custodian at Arches National Monument since the Fall of 1939. What a difference between 1940 and now… Click Here to Read HANK SCHMIDT’S MONTHLY REPORT: Arches…