TILLAMOOK COUNTY
RECTOR
Oregon Department of Forestry
3N-8W-6
3N-8W-6
1926: A crows nest in the top of a tree.
August 8, 1929: "L. H. Kenny, stationed at the Rector lookout, when after supplies Thursday reported that logged off land in that vicinity was very dry. Northeast winds prevail there much of the day, according to Mr. Kenney. Humidity is generally high at the Rector lookout due to evaporation from God's valley being carried over the ridge. Humidity was 56 there Tuesday, 31 at Ripple about 10 miles east." (Wheeler Reporter)
September 12, 1929: "Low visibility is seriously handicapping the work of forest lookouts. Many of these cannot see over 1/2 mile, L. H. Kenny, at Rector lookout, can only see occasionally when the wind blows away the smoke for a brief period. Other stations report the same conditions." (Wheeler Reporter)
March 1935: An accomplishment of the Camp Boyington since its establishment in the late Fall of 1933 includes the establishment of a primary lookout on Rector Mountain. (The Forest Log)
Activated: March 9, 1942. Portland Filter Center.
July 9, 1942: "This post was visited on June 26, the observers on duty were G.B.Nunn and Charles Clough.
Improvements consist of a 40 foot tower with 7x7 cab. A 14x16 shake cabin with a hastily added 9x14 un-floored bedroom serve as living quarters. Winterization planned consists of putting in a floor in the extra bedroom and completely sealing-in the whole building. More windows and cabinets are to be installed and a root cellar and woodshed constructed. A new cook stove is to be added. The wood show is none to good as the hill has been logged off. Enough snags and stumps remain as a source of fuel.
The trail from the end of the God's Valley Road, 3 miles to the lookout, was badly in need of brushing out." (Inspection Report from W.N. Parke, AWS Inspector, to James Frankland, USFS)
Improvements consist of a 40 foot tower with 7x7 cab. A 14x16 shake cabin with a hastily added 9x14 un-floored bedroom serve as living quarters. Winterization planned consists of putting in a floor in the extra bedroom and completely sealing-in the whole building. More windows and cabinets are to be installed and a root cellar and woodshed constructed. A new cook stove is to be added. The wood show is none to good as the hill has been logged off. Enough snags and stumps remain as a source of fuel.
The trail from the end of the God's Valley Road, 3 miles to the lookout, was badly in need of brushing out." (Inspection Report from W.N. Parke, AWS Inspector, to James Frankland, USFS)
1954: A new 40-foot treated timber tower with a 14x14 Amort style cab constructed for a cost of $4502.04."
1955: A total of $183.98 spent to complete the construction of the Rector Lookout bring the total costs to $4686.02.
1967: The lookout abandoned.
1973: Removed