GRANT COUNTY
HARDSCRABBLE RIDGE (MOUNTAIN)
Ochoco National Forest
16S-26E-3
16S-26E-3
May 18, 1939: "Memorandum for operation: We attach the following material for your transmittal to the Ochoco Forest for Hardscrabble Lookout 1-car garage and woodshed." (E-Improvements, Buildings, Ochoco, (Hardscrabble Lookout 1-car garage and woodshed)
1939: "Improvements: Major projects completed during the year were the Hardscrabble Lookout 50' tower and house." (Ochoco History)
October 12, 1950: "Burglars broke into the Hardscrabble lookout station in the Ochoco National forest 75 miles east of Prineville, it was reported Monday by Joe Thalhofer, administrative assistant in the forest staff. Two lanterns were stolen, he said. State police were asked to investigate.
Rangers were asked to check on other lookout stations for possible burglaries. The Hardscrabble station was believed to have been entered by hunters who took the lanterns for their camps." (Central Oregonian)
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