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Title:
Noel Routson, Dave Lewis and others with the first airplane that flew out of the upper airstrip at Cabin Creek
Creator:
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Date:
1931
Source:
Payette National Forest Heritage Program, Payette National Forest
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1680.0185 Airplane @ Cabin Creek That Flew Noel Routson Out Idaho NF 1931.tif
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Title:
View of the now defunct upper airstrip at Cabin Creek
Creator:
Micaela Petrini
Date:
2019-07-08
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The upper airstrip at Cabin Creek - 1931 and 2019

A defining characteristic of Cabin Creek which hasn’t changed much is aviation. The historical photograph shows the first plane to fly out of Cabin Creek in 1931, to evacuate Noel Routson who had been injured by falling rock. He was carried on a litter twelve miles from the site of injury to Cabin Creek, and then flown out. This original airstrip is on a rise just north of the airstrip that is heavily used now.

Location: Cabin Creek Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, ID

Latitude & Longitude: 45.1462, -114.9281

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