Unity Ranger Station

Unity Ranger Station in northeastern Oregon preserves an early phase of U.S. Forest Service administration in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Built from 1936 to 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Cascadian rustic style, the one-acre compound includes residences, a bunkhouse, warehouse, garage, and a combined fire lookout and water tower. Its most distinctive feature, a 60-foot wooden lookout tower, remains largely unaltered. The station served for decades as headquarters for the Unity Ranger District until offices moved to Baker City in 2002. Exceptionally intact and still used to support summer fire crews, it links present-day forest work with the Forest Service and Civilian Conservation Corps history in eastern Oregon.

Oregon · United States