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The early years in the development of the fire lookout system were fraught with difficult decisions, hard work, and danger. Roads and trails had to be built, materials had to be transported. Building materials and supplies were carried up steep, treacherous mountainsides on the backs of horses, mules, and men. Primitive conditions were met with courage, grit, and determination. The people who built and the people who staffed and maintained the...

Some lookouts were able to be constructed because of fundraising efforts or by private donation. Some were placed on existing structures: Hotels, banks, barns, water towers, etc. Some were of very unusual design. When no longer needed, some were destroyed, abandoned, sold to the highest bidder, or sometimes reconstructed at a different site. These volumes contain many historic photographs, some of the older photographs and picture postcards ar...

The life of a lookout on a lonely peak often includes encounters with wildlife, large and small. Usually these encounters are of the friendly kind, and add measurably to the enjoyment of spending time in the out-of-doors. Some of those encounters, however, present a clear danger. In these pages are accounts of human interactions with porcupines, squirrels, birds, cougars, bears, deer, yellow jackets, rattlesnakes, and other creatures of the wi...

Fire lookouts experience extremes in weather: Heat and cold, gale-force winds, rain and snow, electric storms. They are alone on high mountaintops in cabins or high towers to deal with whatever comes their way, with courage and ingenuity. The historical information in these volumes is the culmination of many years of research of original documents by Ron Kemnow for his website, ronkemnow.weebly.com. Also included are many historical photograph...

Most lookouts are in somewhat remote locations, and are susceptible to vandalism and theft. Lookouts have been shot full of holes, broken into, personal and government property stolen, destroyed, or left for rats and weather to destroy. These acts greatly increase the cost and frustration of maintaining a viable lookout system. This volume is not in narrative form but is a collection of official reports as well as newsletter and newspaper acco...

When a smoke was detected by the lookout, it was not enough for that person to know, the information had to be conveyed to the person in charge of the fire fighters. Over the years, and in different locations, this could involve a horseback ride, heliograph, carrier pigeon, megaphone, flying a flag, or a lantern, telephone, short wave radio, and other methods. The historical information in these volumes is the culmination of many years of rese...

The early years in the development of the fire lookout system were fraught with difficult decisions, hard work, and danger. Roads and trails had to be built, materials had to be transported. Building materials and supplies were carried up steep, treacherous mountainsides on the backs of horses, mules, and men. Primitive conditions were met with courage, grit, and determination. The people who built, and the people who staffed these lookouts we...

Many skills were needed to transport building materials to the lookout sites and to construct the lookouts and to install the many miles of telephone line (and sometimes re-install them after the lines were carried away by slides or broken to bits by a lightning strike). Building materials, bedding, groceries, and other essentials were packed on the backs of mules, horses, and men, and later via a 'Cat, ' truck, airplane, or helicopter. The co...

The Civilian Conservation Corps was activated in the early 1930s to provide jobs for unemployed young men. Their accomplishments included the construction of many lookouts, roads, trails and telephone lines. The historical information in these volumes is the culmination of many years of research of original documents by Ron Kemnow for his website, ronkemnow.weebly.com. Also included are many historical photographs. Some of the older photograph...

Forest fires threaten not only to devastate large tracts of valuable timber, but sometimes are a threat to the lives of the people on lonely peaks whose job it is to detect and report those fires. This volume contains original accounts of and by the men and women (and sometimes children) who experienced spotting and reporting, fighting, and sometimes fleeing from, forest fires. The historical information in these volumes is the culmination of ...

The "Necessary House, " otherwise known as an outhouse or toilet, is an essential part of the accommodations needed to set up a safe and efficient environment for the people who staff fire lookouts. They must be neither too close to nor too far from the lookout. In some areas, because of lack of space and/or rocky terrain, they are built over the edge of a cliff. While most are of wood construction, some are of stone, concrete, or man-made mol...