A co-worker and I came across this cabin while backpacking the Wooley Creek trail into the Marble Mountain Wilderness Area in 1972. We looked inside the cabin as it was not locked and saw beds with blankets on them and dishes in the kitchen. It was one big room. We assumed it was being used by a Forest Service trial crew. Most Forest Service cabins in wilderness areas are not locked and can be used by the public in the event of foul weather or an emergency. President Hoover was known to have fished Wooley Creek and may have stayed in this cabin. With all the fires over the decades since 1972, I'm not sure if this cabin is still there. Many cabins in the wilderness areas have come to disrepair, vandalism or burned down either by wildfires or the Forest Service due to liability problems or to keep squatters from taking them over.
Very interesting!
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