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MOOSE RANCH TANK, ROSILDA SPRINGS AREA: CHALENDER SOUTH, GARLAND PRAIRIE LINES

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COPYRIGHT; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (5/10/22)   MOOSE RANCH TANK AND ROSILDA SPRINGS AREA Saginaw and Manistee Logging Grades in the Moose Ranch Area.  Blue indicates the proposed mainline from Garland Prairie to the Williams mill. It also designates the remains of a logging grade in Rosilda Spring Canyon, that connected with Garland Prairie. Red indicates the spurs south of the Tank. Evidence indicates that they connected near Moose Ranch and Rosilda Springs.  The dotted red line indicates the connection according to Forest Service maps. Yellow indicates the 1893 grade from Chalender, which is assumed headed east for an undetermined distance. This is the grade that the Garland Prairie line connected with in 1924, but deviated into Rosilda Spring Canyon.  Orange indicates the remains of the second Chalender spur.      Moose Ranch Tank is nestled in a park-like setting, near FR 139 and just west of FR109 (the same road that takes you to White Horse Lake Recreation Area.) The Ranch is on pr