MONUMENT PEAK
Malheur County - Bureau of Land Management - 19S-42E-11/12
August 28, 1958: "Two temporary fire lookouts are watching over a wide area this fire season. One is on Lookout Mountain in the Baker district. The other is on Monument Peak east of Juntura." (Baker Record-Courier)
June 13, 1963: "Clara Powell and Altha Hill will be on a lookout on Monument, 17 miles from Juntura. Clara Powell spent the weekend with Fannie Busby and left Monday morning to attend fire school in Vale before going up to the lookout." (The Record-Courier)
July 18, 1963: "Mrs. Clara Powell and grandsons John and Jesse Powell, Enreprise, were here Saturday. Clara is working with Altha Hill of Unity, on Monument Lookout station near Juntura, for BLM this summer." (The Record-Courier)
c.1965: A 15'6" x 15'6" wood frame lookout cabin built on a concrete slab floor.
Removed
DESIGNATION - HUNTER
PID - OH1209
STATE/COUNTY- OR/MALHEUR
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - MONUMENT PEAK (1972)
STATION RECOVERY (1965)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1965
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED BY USGS IN 1903.
NEW DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS--
LOCATED ABOUT 20 MI SW. OF HARPER,
ABOUT 11 MI SE. OF JUNTURA, ABOUT 9 MI S. OF MALHEUR RIVER. ON
SOUTH AND HIGHEST ONE OF JONES BUTTES 30 FT NE. OF MONUMENT PEAK
LOH.
TO REACH FROM JUNTURA, DRIVE SE. ON GRAVEL RD. AS PER SIGN
MONUMENT PEAK LOOKOUT 10 MI. TURN LEFT ON MAIN RD., PASS
THROUGH GATE AND FOLLOW RD. EASTERLY 8.6 MI AS PER SIGNS TO
HIGHEST POINT, LOH AND STATION.
STATION MARK--STANDARD TABLET STAMPED---HUNTER---, CEMENTED IN
DRILL HOLE IN ROCK OUTCROP UNDER 6.8 FT CAIRN.
RM 1--STANDARD RM TABLET STAMPED---NO 1 1965---, CEMENTED IN
CONCRETE BASE AT NORTHEAST CORNER OF LO.
RM 2--STANDARD RM TABLET STAMPED---NO 2 1965---, CEMENTED IN ROCK
OUTCROP.
ECC SIGNAL--CENTER OF LOH
ECC SIGNAL DATA--PEAK +12.3 FT, EAVES +6.8 FT, FLOOR -0.8 FT