Smokey the Bear Nature Stories, No. 1214, August 1961
This comic is one of several “Smokey the Bear Nature Stories” held by the National Archives at Denver. Published in the late 1950s and early 1960s, this series of comics followed the iconic American character's adventures to prevent forest fires and conserve his forest home.
Smokey Bear was brought to the National Zoo in Washington, DC, by the U.S. Forest Service in 1950 after being burned in a forest fire in the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico. Smokey Bear served as a living symbol of the Smokey Bear forest fire prevention program.
Our office holds the records of the U.S. Forest Service’s many National Forests and Grasslands in Colorado, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico.
Cover of Smokey the Bear Nature Stories, No. 1214, August 1961. National Archives Identifier: 28368285.
View and download this and other Smokey the Bear Nature Stories in the National Archives Catalog. This document is one example of the many records held at the National Archives at Denver. You can explore more of our holdings through the National Archives Catalog or by visiting the National Archives at Denver in person. This record is located within Record Group 95: Records of the Forest Service, Series: Historical Files, 1897–1984. Many of the records in this collection have yet to be digitized.