GRANT COUNTY
VINEGAR HILL
Malheur National Forest
10S-34E-12
10S-34E-12
1911: A lookout was maintained on Vinegar Hill this season and was connected by telephone to the central office.
1916: A cupola lookout house was established.
July 1, 1933: "Chas. Arrington attended the fire school near Granite this week. He will be a lookout man on the Greenhorn mountains." (Baker Democrat Herald)
July 14, 1933: "Charles Arrington left here Tuesday for Vinegar mountain lookout station where he will be a ranger this summer." (Baker Democrat Herald)
1941: A L-4 lookout house was constructed.
August 25, 1960: "Darwin Stockdale from Vinegar Lookout was called to Sheldon, Mo., Wed., by the serious illness of his grandmother Stockdale. The two children are staying with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Raines until Mr. Stockdale returns." (Record Courier)
September 2, 1971: "The Malheur National Forest has issued a call for bids for five buildings on government land in the Bates-Prairie City area.
The Vinegar Hill Lookout building is 14-feet square, a ground cabin without tower. Built in 1942, it was in use until 1969. Aerial observation replaced the manned fire-prevention station." (Blue Mountain Eagle)
Removed
DESIGNATION - VINEGAR HILL LOH
PID - QC0925
STATE/COUNTY- OR/GRANT
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - VINEGAR HILL (1995)
STATION DESCRIPTION
'DESCRIBED BY US FOREST SERVICE 1936
THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS THE CENTER OF THE LOOKOUT HOUSE ON
VINEGAR HILL, ELEVATION ABOUT 8120 FEET, A WELL-KNOWN BUTTE
SITUATED ABOUT 3 MILES W OF GREENHORN. SUMMIT CONSISTS OF ROCKY
BACKBONE, WITH LOOKOUT NEAR N END. U.S.G.S. ESTABLISHED STATION
GREENHORN (U.S.G.S.) AT THIS POINT IN 1898. IT IS MARKED WITH
A COPPER BOLT IN ROCK. IN 1916 LOOKOUT HOUSE WAS BUILT, AND
U.S.G.S. STATION WAS DESTROYED, BUT IT IS REPORTED AS PROBABLY
HAVING BEEN WITHIN 2 OR 3 FEET OF CENTER OF LOOKOUT HOUSE,
WHICH IS ON SAME CENTER IN 1936 AS WHEN ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED
IN 1916.
STATION RECOVERY (1938)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1938
PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION IS APPLICABLE.
U.S.F.S. STATION DISK IS CEMENTED INTO ROCK UNDER CENTER OF HOUSE.
U.S.G.S. REFERENCE DISKS WERE SET BY THIS PARTY.
REFERENCE MARK NO.1 IS IN TOP OF SHARP POINTED ROCK TO S, DISTANT
104.3 FEET FROM STATION, IN AZIMUTH 2 DEG 24 MIN 30 SEC.
REFERENCE MARK NO.2 IS IN EDGE OF LEDGE TO N, DISTANT 38.3 FEET,
IN AZIMUTH 164 DEG 03 MIN.
REACHED FROM AUSTIN, GREENHORN, OR UP VINCENT CREEK TO BLACK
BUTTE CAMP AND SPRING WHICH IS IN SADDLE ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF
LOOKOUT. CLIMB REST OF WAY ON FOOT THROUGH OPEN COUNTRY.