KLAMATH COUNTY
BROWN MOUNTAIN
Rogue River National Forest; 37S-5E-7
July 9, 1945: “New Lookout Set Up On Mountain”
High atop 6700 foot Brown Mountain, a new fire finding lookout station is being set up by the U.S. Forest Service in the Rogue River National Forest district.
Accessible only by a three mile trail up the rocky face of the mountain, fire finding equipment and supplies, including water for the temporary camp, must be dropped by parachute from a plane. Sole communication with camp will be by radio.
Eugene Pyeatt of Klamath Falls, chosen to man the lonely lookout post, will hike in from Lake of the Woods. He will live in a tent the next few months while the fire hazard is at its greatest, and will be on duty continuously.
Supplies and equipment are being dropped today and tomorrow, and camp will be set up and ready for operation Tuesday night.
This is the first time a lookout has been posted on the crest of Brown Mountain, due to the difficulty of getting equipment up its steep sides. The peak, looming up west of Lake of the Woods, commands a wide view of the surrounding territory." (Herald and News)
High atop 6700 foot Brown Mountain, a new fire finding lookout station is being set up by the U.S. Forest Service in the Rogue River National Forest district.
Accessible only by a three mile trail up the rocky face of the mountain, fire finding equipment and supplies, including water for the temporary camp, must be dropped by parachute from a plane. Sole communication with camp will be by radio.
Eugene Pyeatt of Klamath Falls, chosen to man the lonely lookout post, will hike in from Lake of the Woods. He will live in a tent the next few months while the fire hazard is at its greatest, and will be on duty continuously.
Supplies and equipment are being dropped today and tomorrow, and camp will be set up and ready for operation Tuesday night.
This is the first time a lookout has been posted on the crest of Brown Mountain, due to the difficulty of getting equipment up its steep sides. The peak, looming up west of Lake of the Woods, commands a wide view of the surrounding territory." (Herald and News)
July 12, 1945: "Supplies and lumber were dropped from Sohler's plane yesterday on top of Brown mountain near Lake o' Woods, and a lookout will be dispatched later this week, to be stationed on the mountain for the remainder of the summer, or throughout the current fire danger season, according to the forest service.
Eugene L. Pyeatt of Klamath Falls will be the first lookout ever stationed on Brown mountain, and he will receive all his food supplies and other equipment by parachute as no pack trail ascends the mountain." (Medford Mail Tribune)
July 13, 1945: “Lookout Station On Isolated Peak”
A lookout station will be set up on top of Brown Mountain, near Lake of the Woods, for the first time in history to watch for forest fires this season, officials said today.
All supplies must be dropped from planes to the isolated peak, which will be manned by Eugene L. Pyeatt, Klamath Falls." (Grants Pass Courier)
July 19, 1945: " Supplies were also being dropped today by airplane on top of Brown Mountain near Lake o” Woods, and Eugene Pyeatt left this morning to hike up the mountain and assume lookout duties for the remainder of the fire danger period. The station will be maintained as a one-man lookout, and all food and other supplies will be dropped by airplane as no trails ascend the mountain." (Medford Mail Tribune)
July 24, 1945: “Lookout Station Gets Final Supplies”
The last load of equipment was parachuted to the U.S. Forest Service fire lookout on Brown Mountain, west of Lake of the Woods, early this morning.
Some 60-odd bundles have been dropped intermittently for three days, until the stove, radio; fire-finding instruments, tent and bedding for camp were delivered.
The work of setting up the lookout on Brown, which started with a load of lumber being parachuted down July 12, has been delayed because bad fire conditions required the service of the plane which was used to drop supplies.
Ten men were dispatched to hike in over the rugged trail to collect and pack off chutes and rigging." (Herald and News)
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