BREWSTER ROCK
Coos County - Coos County FPA - 28S-10W-4
December 14, 1933: "Work has started on the trail to Brewster Rock, where the men are to build a lookout station." (The Coos Bay Times)
December 15, 1933: "The CCC's have commenced their work of building trail to Brewster Rock, where they are going to have a lookout station." (The Coquille Valley Sentinel)
August 1, 1934: "Brewster Rock lookout: Four miles of trail leads to Brewster Rock. Mr. Mercer made a careful examination of this trail, etc., and advises that he considers it practical to drag the 50 foot sawn treated tower to this point." (To Regional Forester from Forest Supervisor, Umpqua - CCC-)
August 23, 1934: "Plans are under way for the erection of a lookout tower on Brewster Rock at Sitkum.
Ernest Krewson of Sitkum has been helping with a telephone line to the proposed site and John Kirk of that community is hauling materials needed in the construction of the tower." (Myrtle Point Herald)
September 14, 1934: "Mr. and Mrs. Ed Joyce, of Coos Mountain Lookout, moved Monday to Brewster Rock Lookout." (The Coquille Valley Sentinel)
October 26, 1934: "John Kirk has finished his packing job to Brewster Rock lookout. The framework for the tower has been completed and from the valley makes quite a showing." (The Coquille Valley Sentinel)
April 21, 1936: "A new tower and lookout house constructed on Brewster rock." (Roseburg News-Review)
August 28, 1936: "Lowell Waggoner, of Coquille, came up Tuesday to spend a few days with his father at the Brewster Rock Lookout." (The Coquille Valley Sentinel)
October 9, 1936: "Robert Waggoner, of Coquille, took his place at the Brewster lookout Monday after an absence of two weeks due to the smoke. Mrs. Waggoner and Kenneth brought him out." (The Coquille Valley Sentinel)
October 15, 1936: "Robert Waggoner of Coquille, who was stationed at the Brewster fire lookout became ill. He has given up his duties and has returned to his home." (The Coos Bay Times)
September 30, 1937: "Many natives of this section trekked to eastern Oregon this past week to get deer and several of these incidentally came home without any venison. But almost without exception, hunters who made an earnest effort to get deer in this section did not go home without.
Similarly many journey to southeastern Oregon to see wild herds of antelope, elk, etc. but these same people would find it hard to believe that a large herd of elk made such a roar near Brewster Rock lookout station an entire day and night last week that it was frightening.
This experience is being related to friends this week by Mrs. Rollie Alford who became nearly panicky when 15 or 20 of these animals surrounded the lookout tower and milled about there, making a terrifying noise. Mrs. Alford states that as near as she can ascertain, it is most unusual for elk to be found so close to civilization." (Myrtle Point Herald)
October 12, 1939: "Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Alford, who have spent the summer at the fire lookout station at Brewster rock, moved back home this week." (The Coos Bay Times)
Activated: March 9, 1942. Roseburg Filter Center.
June 19, 1942: "When the Brewster Rock telephone line is completed it is expected that the McKinley Camp relay operator position will no longer be needed and therefore terminated." (Memorandum from James Frankland, USFS, to the State Forester)
September 11, 1942: A report from W.N. Parke, AWS Inspector, indicated that a 20x22 portable building, sealed and double walled was nearly completed.
May 1, 1944: Aircraft Warning Service Station "George 7-9" utilized existing facilities on county land. A portable CCC building was added to the improvements, no AWS investment was expended other than labor. Upon the end of service the site was retained by the State of Oregon. (Report of AWS Stations, May 1, 1944)
February 2, 1943: In 1942, the CCC, under the supervision of the state forester constructed 30 miles of telephone lines to the Brewster Rock and Edson Butte lookouts. (The Coos Bay Times)
June 25, 1949: "The betrothal of Miss Jean Marion Truman to David Bruce Ring was recently announced. The bride elect has just completed her first year at Southern Oregon college at Ashland, and is with the Coos Fire Patrol, at Brewster Rock lookout for the summer. Miss Truman's fiance is also a student at S.O.C. and will be a junior next fall. The wedding is planned for early August." (The Coos Bay Times)
August 13, 1949: "Following a short wedding trip the young couple returned and have resumed their work for the summer after which they will return to Southern Oregon College of Education at Ashland. Mrs. Ring is a lookout at Brewster Rock fire station and her husband is working at road construction." (The Coos Bay Times)
September 25, 1961: The bride (Florine Briggs) is a 1955 graduate of Marshfield High School and has been employed as a lookout at Brewster Rock near Sitkum for the past seven summers. Her husband (David Goodridge) graduated from Tillamook High School in 1954.
The couple left for Brewster Rock that evening. They are making their home there temporarily." (The World)
1964: The lookout tower and cab dismantled.
1965: "Elk Mountain is located some 3 1/2 miles southwest of Sitkum and serves as a replacement for Brewster Rock, Signal Tree and Blue Ridge Lookouts." (Coos District Annual Report)
1965: "Elk Mountain is located some 3 1/2 miles southwest of Sitkum and serves as a replacement for Brewster Rock, Signal Tree and Blue Ridge Lookouts." (Coos District Annual Report)
February 22, 1972: The 7.3 acre lookout site offered for sale at Public oral auction. (The World)
NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - BREWSTER
PID - PC1056
STATE/COUNTY- OR/COOS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - DORA (2017)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1942 (JCS)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE SUMMIT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS BREWSTER
ROCK, ABOUT 15 MILES NE OF MYRTLE POINT, 6 MILES E OF DORA. THE
MARK IS A BRONZE DISK OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CEMENTED IN A
DRILL HOLE OF A BOULDER AND THE STATION IS CENTERED UNDER THE
LOOKOUT TOWER (BREWSTER ROCK) OF THE FOREST SERVICE. THE TRIANGULATION STATION BREWSTER (C. AND G.S.) IS LOCATED 7.401
METERS DISTANT IN AZIMUTH 190 DEG 09 MIN.
BREWSTER ROCK LOOKOUT TOWER IS A WOODEN STRUCTURE, ABOUT 50
FEET IN HEIGHT. THE HOUSE IS PAINTED WHITE AND THE SUPPORTS ARE UNPAINTED.