David L. Hieb

David L. Hieb was a National Park Service ranger, superintendent, and historical writer best known for Fort Laramie National Monument, Wyoming, published in 1954 as part of the National Park Service Historical Handbook Series. Project Gutenberg and National Park Service materials identify him as the author of that handbook and connect his writing closely to the history of Fort Laramie.

National Park Service history pages describe him as Superintendent of Fort Laramie National Monument from May 1, 1947, to May 31, 1958, after earlier service as a park ranger at Scotts Bluff National Monument. Those same records say he played a major role in Fort Laramie’s long restoration program, combining administration, research, and hands-on building work in a way colleagues considered unusual and highly effective.

According to the National Park Service, he later served in Omaha as Regional Chief of Boundary Studies and went on to superintendent posts connected with George Washington Carver, Wilson's Creek Battlefield, and Herbert Hoover Birthplace. After retiring, he lived in Estes Park, Colorado, where he had earlier worked as a ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park.