FOREST LOOKOUTS
  • OREGON
  • BAKER COUNTY
    • Baker Ranger Station
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bennett Peak
    • Big Lookout Mountain
    • Bull Run Rock
    • Cornucopia Peak
    • Dalton Ranch
    • Dooley Mountain
    • East End (Beaver)
    • Goodrich Lake
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Murray Hill
    • North Powder
    • Pine Ranger Station
    • Red Knob
    • Russel Mountain
    • Sparta Butte
    • Stump Springs
    • Summit Point
    • Table Rock
    • Trinity Guard Station
    • Unity Guard Station
  • BENTON COUNTY
    • Alsea Summit
    • Grass Mountain
    • Green Peak
    • Mary's Peak
    • Pioneer Butte
    • Price Peak
  • CLACKAMAS COUNTY
    • Aschoff Butte
    • Bald Mountain
    • Baty Butte
    • Bedford Point
    • Buckskin Point
    • Burnt Granite
    • Devils Backbone
    • Devils Peak
    • Eagle Creek Ridge
    • East Zigzag Mountain
    • Fish Creek Mountain
    • Goat Mountain
    • Hickman Butte
    • High Camp
    • High Rock
    • Highland Butte
    • Hillockburn
    • Hiyu Mountain
    • Hopkins Demonstration Forest
    • Hunchback
    • Indian Ridge
    • Jackpot Point
    • Lenhart Butte
    • Lone Fir Rock
    • Lowe Mountain
    • Mount Larson
    • Mountain Home Rock
    • Magness Tree Farm
    • Myers Butte
    • North Fork Station
    • North Mountain
    • Oak Grove Butte
    • Oak Grove Ranger Station
    • Ogle Mountain
    • Olmstead
    • Peavine Mountain
    • Pechuck
    • Rooster Rock
    • Salmon Butte
    • Salmon Mountain
    • Sandy Reservior
    • Sisi Butte
    • South Fork Mountain
    • Squaw Mountain
    • Table Rock
    • Thunder Mountain
    • Tom Dick Mountain
    • West Pinhead Butte
    • West Zigzag Mountain
    • Wildcat Mountain
    • Wolf Camp Butte
  • CLATSOP COUNTY
    • Boiler Ridge
    • Cole Mountain
    • Davis Point
    • Dog Thief Point
    • Green Mountain
    • Green Mountain
    • Nicolai Mountain
    • North Saddle
    • Sugarloaf Mountain
    • Wickiup Mountain
  • COLUMBIA COUNTY
    • Baker Point
    • Benson Mountain
    • Clatskanie Mountain
    • Enterprise Point
    • Mansfield Mountain
    • Meissner Point
    • Pisgah Mountain
    • Rocky Point
    • Serafin Point
    • Tunnel Mountain
    • Vista Lookout
  • COOS COUNTY
    • Anderson Mountain
    • Bald Knob
    • Barklow Mountain
    • Beaver Hill
    • Bennett Butte
    • Bill Peak
    • Blue Ridge
    • Bone Mountain
    • Brewster Rock
    • Bunker Hill
    • Coos Mountain
    • Eden Ridge
    • Elk Mountain
    • Elk Peak
    • Hanging Rock
    • Ivers Peak
    • Johnson Mountain
    • McKeever Mountain
    • Mount Bolivar
    • Signal Tree
    • Sugarloaf Mountain
    • Thomas Mountain
    • Trail Butte
    • Vaughns Point
  • CROOK COUNTY
    • Arrowwood Point
    • Big Summit Prairie
    • Black Butte
    • Drake Butte
    • Foley Butte
    • Gerow Butte
    • Hash Rock
    • Ingram Point
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lutsey Point
    • Mackey Butte
    • Paulina Butte
    • Ray Mountain
    • Round Mountain
    • Tower Point
    • View Point
    • West Maury Mountain
    • Wildcat Mountain
  • CURRY COUNTY
    • Bald Ridge
    • Bear Camp
    • Bearwallow
    • Bob's Garden
    • Bosley Butte
    • Brushy Bald
    • Butler Mountain
    • Chetco Peak
    • Cleopatra Mountain
    • Colegrove Butte
    • Collier Butte
    • Edson Butte
    • Fishhook Peak
    • Game Lake Peak
    • Grassy Knob
    • Grizzly Mountain
    • Iron Mountain
    • Johnson Butte
    • Lake of the Woods
    • Long Ridge
    • Mislatnah Mountain
    • Mount Emily
    • Packsaddle Mountain
    • Panther
    • Pearsoll Peak
    • Pebble Hill
    • Pyramid Rock
    • Quail Prairie Mountain
    • Ranger Peak
    • Rocky Peak
    • Snow Camp Mountain
    • Sugarloaf Mountain
    • Three Tree
    • Vulcan Peak
    • Wildhorse Prairie
  • DESCHUTES COUNTY
    • Bachelor Butte
    • Bates Butte
    • Bend (Awbrey Butte)
    • Black Crater
    • Broken Top
    • Cache Mountain
    • Cultus Mountain
    • Davis Mountain
    • East Butte
    • Finley Butte
    • Fuzztail Butte
    • Henkle Butte
    • Lava Butte
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Maiden Peak
    • McKay Butte
    • McKinney Butte
    • Paulina Peak
    • Pilot Butte
    • Pine Mountain
    • Pistol Butte
    • Plot Butte
    • Rosland Ranger Station
    • Round Mountain
    • Sand Springs Tree
    • Sisters Ranger Station
    • Sugarpine Butte
    • Three Creek Butte
    • Triangle Hill Tree
    • Trout Creek Butte
    • Tumalo Butte
    • Tumalo Mountain
    • Wanoga Butte
  • DOUGLAS COUNTY
    • Abbott Butte
    • Acker Rock
    • Anderson Camp
    • Bald Ridges
    • Balm Mountain
    • Bateman
    • Baughman Point
    • Bell Mountain
    • Big Squaw Mountain
    • Black Rock
    • Bland Mountain
    • Buckhorn Mountain
    • Butler Butte
    • Callahan
    • Chilcoot
    • Cinder Prairie
    • Cinnamon Butte
    • Clayton Point
    • Coffin Butte
    • Collins Mountain
    • Cougar Bluff
    • Cougar Pass
    • Cowhorn Ridge
    • Coyote Point
    • Damewood Point
    • Deans Mountain
    • Deer Head Point
    • Devil's Knob
    • Diamond Rock
    • Dog Prairie
    • Dutchman Butte
    • Elephant Mountain
    • Fern Top
    • Flat Rock
    • Garwood Butte
    • Gold Mountain
    • Grasshopper
    • Green Butte
    • Harness Mountain
    • Hemlock Butte
    • Henderson Peak
    • Hershberger Mountain
    • Hills Peak
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Illahee Rock
    • Joe's Lookout
    • Johnson Butte.
    • Kelly Butte
    • Kelsay Mountain
    • Kelsay Valley Point
    • Landers
    • Limpy Prairie
    • Little Black Rock
    • Live Oak Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Mace Mountain
    • Mount Bailey
    • Mount Scott
    • Ninemile Mountain
    • Oak Flats
    • Pickett Butte
    • Pig Iron
    • Quartz Mountain
    • Rattlesnake Mountain
    • Red Butte
    • Red Mountain
    • Roman Nose Mountain
    • Scare Ridge
    • Shivigny Mountain
    • Silver Butte
    • Skookum Prairie
    • Smith Ridge
    • Steamboat Point
    • Sugar Pine
    • Taft Mountain
    • Tallow Butte
    • Twin Lakes
    • Umpqua Hot Springs
    • Wards Butte
    • Watson Butte
    • White Rock
    • Windy Camp
    • Yellow Butte
    • Yellow Point
    • **DOUGLAS ***
  • GRANT COUNTY
    • Aldrich Butte
    • Ant Hill
    • Antelope Mountain
    • Badger Butte
    • Baldy Mountain
    • Beech Creek (elo)
    • Big Rocks (elo)
    • Bingham Point (elo)
    • Black Butte
    • Black Butte (elo)
    • Bone Point
    • Crane Point
    • Crockett Knob
    • Cummings Peak
    • Desolation Butte
    • Dixie Butte
    • Dry Soda
    • Fall Mountain
    • Fields Peak
    • Flagtail Mountain
    • Frazier Point
    • Frenchy Butte
    • Gold Hill
    • Grassy Butte
    • Hardscrabble Mountain
    • Indian Rock
    • Lake Butte
    • Lakes Mountain
    • Little Malheur (ELO)
    • Long Creek Butte
    • Monument Mountain
    • Mount Ireland
    • Myrtle Butte
    • Pellet Point
    • Pogue Point
    • Prairie City
    • Prairie Hill
    • Pyramid Point
    • Ritter Butte
    • Rudio Mountain
    • Sheep Mountain
    • Silver Butte
    • Snow Mountain
    • Snowshoe Mountain
    • Spion Copp
    • Strawberry Mountain
    • Sugarloaf
    • Tamarack Mountain
    • Thorn Creek Butte
    • Thorn Spring Butte
    • Vinegar Hill
    • West Myrtle Butte
    • Wolf Mountain
  • HARNEY COUNTY
    • Bald Butte
    • Burnt Mountain
    • Calamity Butte
    • Craft Point
    • Donnelly Butte
    • Dry Mountain
    • Emigrant Butte
    • King Mountain
    • Malheur Wildlife Refuge
    • Nicoll Butte
    • P Ranch
    • Riddle Mountain
    • Sod House
    • Sugarloaf Mountain
    • Wagontire Mountain
    • **Harney County***
  • HOOD RIVER COUNTY
    • Badger Butte Tree
    • Bald Butte
    • Barlow Butte
    • Barlow Point
    • Bonney Butte
    • Bonney Butte (ELO)
    • Buck Peak
    • Chinidere Mountain
    • Cooper Spur
    • Crane Mountain..
    • Eagle Butte
    • Elk Mountain
    • Green Point Mountain
    • Indian Mountain
    • Lamberson Butte
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lost Lake Butte
    • Mill Creek Butte
    • Mount Defiance
    • Mount Hood
    • Parkdale Ranger Station
    • Perry Point Tree
    • Red Hill Guard Station
    • Rimrock
    • Shellrock Mountain
    • Tanner Butte
    • Tony Creek Guard Station
    • Twin Pines
    • Wauna Point
    • Windy Camp
  • JACKSON COUNTY
    • Alco Rock
    • Anderson Butte
    • Battle Mountain
    • Bessie Rock
    • Blue Rock
    • Brush Mountain
    • Buck Point
    • Buck Rock
    • Burnt Peak
    • Camp Two
    • Central Point SWOFPA HQ
    • Chimney Rock
    • Cinnabar Trail
    • Crane Prairie Mountain
    • Doe Peak
    • Dutchman's Peak
    • Fredenburg Butte
    • Goss Ranch
    • Halls Point
    • Hamaker Butte
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Little Chinquapin Mountain
    • Mount Ashland
    • Mount Isabelle
    • Mount McLoughlin
    • Mount Stella
    • Oak Mountain
    • Old Baldy
    • Palmer Peak
    • Poole Hill
    • Ragsdale Butte
    • Railroad Gap
    • Robinson Butte
    • Round Top
    • Roxy Ann Peak
    • Rustler Peak
    • Santiam Peak
    • Soda Mountain
    • Squaw Peak
    • Stein Butte
    • Table Mountain
    • Tallowbox Mountain
    • Wagner Butte
    • Whetstone (Bald)
    • White Point
    • Yellowjacket Mountain
  • JEFFERSON COUNTY
    • Abbot Butte
    • Alder Springs
    • Alder Springs Tree
    • Bald Peter.
    • Black Butte
    • Fly Lake
    • Green Ridge
    • Lookout Butte
    • Olallie Butte
    • Round Butte.
    • Shitike Butte
    • Stephenson Mountain
  • JOSEPHINE COUNTY
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bolan Mountain
    • Canyon Peak
    • Chrome Ridge
    • Hayward Mountain
    • Hobson Horn
    • Kerby Peak
    • King Mountain
    • Lake Mountain
    • Little Grayback Mountain
    • Manzanita Mountain
    • Meadow Camp
    • Mount Reuben
    • Onion Mountain
    • Peavine Mountain
    • Sexton Mountain
    • Silver Peak
    • Steves Peak
    • Tennessee Mountain
    • Waldo Hill
    • Whiskey Peak
    • York Butte
    • Yukon Peak
  • KLAMATH COUNTY
    • Agency Hill
    • Applegate Butte
    • Aspen Butte
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bear Butte
    • Bly (City Park)
    • Bly (KFPA)
    • Bly Ranger Station
    • Boundary Butte
    • Brown Mountain
    • Bryant Mountain
    • Buck Mountain
    • Buck Peak
    • Calimus Butte
    • Chase Mountain
    • Coon Point
    • Crater Peak
    • Crescent Ranger Station
    • Deer Butte
    • Devil's Peak
    • Fort Klamath
    • Goodlow Mountain
    • Grizzly Mountain
    • Ground Observer Corps
    • Hambleton Butte
    • Hogback Mountain
    • Horsefly Mountain
    • Klamath Point
    • Lookout Butte
    • Marine Barracks
    • Modoc Point
    • Moffitt Butte
    • Mount Scott
    • Mule Hill
    • Odell Butte
    • Parker Mountain
    • Pelican Butte
    • Porter Butte
    • Pumice Butte
    • River Beds Butte
    • Rodeo Butte
    • Round Butte (Bly)
    • Round Butte
    • Shake Butte
    • Skookum Butte
    • Spodue Mountain
    • Spring Butte
    • Steiger Butte
    • Sugarpine Mountain
    • Summit Butte
    • Summit Rock
    • Swan Lake Mountain
    • The Watchman
    • Union Peak
    • Upper Klamath Refuge
    • Walker Mountain
    • Yainax Butte
    • Yamsay Mountain
  • LAKE COUNTY
    • Abert Rim
    • Avery Pass
    • Bald Butte
    • Big Hole Butte
    • Buck Mountain
    • Cabin Lake Ranger Station
    • Coleman Point
    • Cougar Peak
    • Crane Mountain
    • Currier Camp
    • Dairy Point
    • Dead Indian Mountain
    • Deadhorse Rim
    • Deerhead Butte
    • Dog Mountain
    • Drakes Peak
    • Fir Timber Butte
    • Fishhole Butte
    • Fitzwater Point
    • Fort Rock
    • Foster Butte
    • Fox Butte
    • Fremont Point
    • Gearhart Mountain
    • Green Mountain
    • Hagar Mountain
    • Indian Butte
    • Lookout Rock
    • McCarty Butte
    • Morgan Butte
    • Quartz Butte
    • Rodman Rock
    • Round Pass
    • Shoestring Butte
    • Sixteen Butte
    • Slide Mountain
    • Strawberry Butte
    • Sycan Butte
    • Sycan Marsh (ZX)
    • Willow Point
  • LANE COUNTY - 2
    • Adams Mountain
    • Bald Butte
    • Bearbones Mountain
    • Bohemia Mountain
    • Buck Mountain
    • Burnt Top
    • Buster Butte
    • Canton Point
    • Cape Mountain
    • Castle Rock
    • Castle Rock (Fed)
    • Clark Butte
    • Cummins Peak
    • Dead Mountain
    • Deer Butte
    • Detection Point
    • Divide Ridge
    • Dome Rock
    • Eagles Rest
    • Emigrant Butte
    • Fairview Mountain
    • Fairview Peak
    • Fawn Rock
    • Frissell Point
    • Fuji Mountain
    • Gold Hill
    • Gold Point
    • Goodwin Peak
    • Grand Butte
    • Grass Mountain
    • Grasshopper Mountain
    • Hardesty Mountain
    • Harvey Mountain.
    • Heckletooth Mountain
    • Hehe Mountain
    • Hemlock Butte
    • Herman Peak
    • Holland Point
    • Horse Mountain
    • Horsepasture Mountain
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Indian Ridge
    • Lamb Butte
    • Larison Rock
    • Laurel Mountain
    • Little Bunchgrass Mountain
    • Little Cowhorn Mountain
    • Logger Butte
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lookout Point
    • Low Pass
    • Lowell Butte
    • Moon Point
    • Mount Hagan
    • Mount June
    • Mount Nebo
    • Mule Mountain #1
    • Mule Mountain #2
    • Noti Mountain
    • Olallie Mountain
    • Packsaddle Mountain
    • Prairie Peak
    • Rebel Rock
    • Rujada Point
    • Saddle Mountain Guard Station
    • Saddle Blanket Mountain
    • Sardine Mountain
    • Scott Mountain
    • Siltcoos Mountain
    • Station Butte
    • Stony Point
    • Substitute Point
    • Sunset Mountain
    • Swastika Mountain
    • Table Mountain
    • Teeter Point
    • Tipsoo Butte
    • Tire Mountain
    • Twin Rocks
    • Waldo Mountain
    • Walker Point (E)
    • Walker Point
    • Warner Mountain
    • Winberry Mountain
    • Windy Peak
    • Wolf Mountain
    • Wolf Point
    • ..
  • LINCOLN COUNTY
    • Baber Butte
    • Blodgett Peak
    • Cannibal Mountain
    • Chinquapin Point
    • Cougar Mountain
    • Euchre Mountain
    • Green Point
    • Hilltop
    • Norton Hill
    • Otter Crest
    • Rocky Top.
    • Saddlebag Mountain
    • South Beaver
    • Stodt Mountain
    • Suncrest Point
    • Table Mountain
  • LINN COUNTY
    • Bachelor Mountain
    • Bald Peter
    • Big Rock
    • Carpenter Mountain
    • Chandler Mountain
    • Chimney Peak
    • Chimney Rock
    • Coffin Mountain
    • Crescent Mountain
    • Green Butte
    • Green Mountain
    • Green Peter
    • Grizzly Peak
    • High Deck
    • High Rock
    • Horse Rock
    • Iron Mountain
    • Jordan Mountain
    • Jump Off Joe
    • Kaufman's Mountain
    • Kinney Ridge
    • Marion Mountain
    • Maxwell Butte
    • Minniece Point
    • Monument Peak
    • Mount Jefferson
    • Red Butte
    • Rocky Point
    • Rooster Rock
    • Sand Mountain
    • Scar Mountain
    • Scott Mountain
    • Slate Rock
    • Snow Peak
    • Stahlman Point
    • Swamp Mountain
    • Three Pyramids
    • Tidbits Mountain
    • Tom Rock
    • Twin Buttes
    • Wildcat Mountain
    • Yellowstone Mountain
    • ?
  • MALHEUR COUNTY
    • Cottonwood Mountain
    • Monument Peak
  • MARION COUNTY
    • Battle Ax
    • Bear Point
    • Bull of the Woods
    • Camp 16
    • Dome Rock
    • Duro (Sweet Springs Mtn)
    • Eagle Rock
    • Gold Butte
    • Gyp Point
    • Hawk Mountain
    • Henline Mountain
    • Hoover Ridge
    • House Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Outerson Mountain
    • Potato Butte
    • Pyramid Butte
    • Rocky Top
    • Ruddy Hill
    • Salem ODF Headquarters
    • Triangulation Peak
    • Whetstone Mountain
    • Whitman Rock
  • MORROW COUNTY
    • Arbuckle Mountain
    • Madison Butte
    • Porcupine Ridge
    • Potamus Point
    • Red Hill
  • MULTNOMAH COUNTY
    • Big Bend
    • Burgard
    • Dixie
    • Larch Mountain
    • Lookout Point
    • Madrona Park
    • Mt Talapus
    • Nesmith Point
    • Palmer Peak
    • Pepper Mountain
    • Portland, City (4 locations)
    • Skyline
    • St Johns
    • Table Mountain
    • Walker Peak
  • POLK COUNTY
    • Bald Mountain
    • Condenser Peak
    • Dorn Peak
    • Fanno Mountain
    • Rileys Peak
  • TILLAMOOK COUNTY
    • Bell Mountain
    • Blue Lake Mountain
    • Buzzard Butte
    • Cedar Butte
    • Edwards Butte
    • Foley Peak
    • Gauldy Mountain
    • Gobbler's Knob
    • Grindstone Mountain
    • Hembre Mountain
    • Kilchis Mountain
    • Nehalem G.S.
    • Rector
    • Square Top
    • Triangulation Point
  • UMATILLA COUNTY
    • Boiling Point
    • Carney Butte
    • Emigrant Hill
    • Gibbon Ridge
    • Goodman Ridge
    • Johnson Creek
    • Lucky Strike
    • McIntyre Mountain
    • Meacham
    • Pearson Ridge
    • Summit Guard Station
    • Tip Top Mountain
    • Tower Mountain..
    • Ukiah Ranger Station
    • Yellowjacket Point
  • UNION COUNTY
    • Anthony Butte
    • Balloon Tree
    • Bally Mountain
    • Beaver Mountain
    • Big Hill
    • Chicken Hill
    • Clark Creek Guard Station
    • Elk Mountain
    • Flagstaff Mountain
    • Flat Lake
    • Frazier Mountain
    • Glass Hill
    • High Ridge
    • Johnson Rock
    • Limber Jim
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Loop
    • Marion Point
    • Meadow Mountain
    • Mount Emily
    • Mount Fanny
    • Mount Harris
    • Mule Peak
    • Point Prominence
    • Spout Springs
    • Summit Springs
    • West Eagle
    • *********
  • WALLOWA COUNTY
    • Akers Butte
    • Big Flat
    • Bone Spring
    • Brumback (Findlay)
    • Buckhorn Mountain
    • Cementary Ridge
    • Cold Springs Tree
    • Courtney Butte
    • Day Ridge
    • Eden Tree
    • Elk Mountain
    • Fairchild Point
    • Gill Ranch
    • Goff Ranch
    • Harl Butte
    • Hat Point
    • Hearing Ranch
    • Hen
    • Hoodoo
    • Hoodoo Tree
    • Howard Butte
    • Huckleberry Mountain..
    • Kirkland Butte
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain...
    • McGraw Mountain
    • Mormon Mountain
    • Nebo Peak
    • Nesbit Butte
    • PO Saddle
    • Red Hill
    • Square Mountain
    • Stanley Mountain
    • Tope Creek
    • Wood Butte
    • ***WALLOWA***
  • WASCO COUNTY
    • Bald Peter Butte
    • Beaver Butte
    • Boulder Point Tree
    • Bulo Point
    • Bus Point Tree
    • Clear Lake Butte
    • Clear Lake Tree
    • Clear Point Tree
    • Dobry Point Tree
    • Dufur Ranger Station
    • Eagle Butte
    • Eightmile Point
    • Five Mile Butte
    • Flag Point
    • Foreman Point
    • Frog Lake Butte
    • Grasshopper Point
    • Mill Creek Ridge
    • Mount Wilson
    • Postage Stamp
    • Wasco Butte
  • WASHINGTON COUNTY
    • Baseline
    • Buxton Mountain
    • Hoffman Point
    • Round Top
    • Saddle Mountain (South)
    • Windy Point
  • WHEELER COUNTY
    • Collins Butte
    • Mount Pisgah
    • North Baldy
    • Ochoco Butte
    • Peterson Point
    • Rancheria Rock
    • Sargent Butte
    • Snowboard Ridge
    • South Baldy
    • Spanish Peak
    • Wheeler Point
    • Whitetail Butte
    • Wolf Mountain
  • YAMHILL COUNTY
    • Bald Mountain
    • Burnt Ridge
    • High Heaven
    • Little Hebo
    • Mount Hebo
    • Niagra Point
    • Spitit Mountain
    • Stony Mountain
    • Trask Mountain
DESCHUTES COUNTY

BROKEN TOP

Deschutes National Forest
17S-9E-23
October 4, 1917:  "A rough road has been completed to the state cabin on the divide.  This road is only for the most experienced of drivers."  (The Bend Bulletin)

August 19, 1931:  "Construction of a new standard lookout house, on a ridge near Three Creeks Lake and northeast of Broken Top, was started this morning by the Deschutes national forest.  The new station will be on a point overlooking a vast area west, east and north from Broken Top.
     Veldon Parker, fireman-lookout, is now on duty at the new lookout point, one of the most important secondary stations in the entire forest."  (The Bend Bulletin)

August 28, 1931: "A new lookout station has been built on Broken Top mountain to protect the country in that territory from fires. It had seemed that the atmosphere and wind impaired the view of this particular district from other stations, and the new lookout station will be a great help in eliminating the danger of forest fires, according to a forest service man." (The Morning Oregonian)

1931:  The total cost of construction of the 14x14 Aladdin L-4 gable-roof lookout cabin was $688.74.

1932:  This station has been designated as a precipitation recording point and will be supplied with a rain gauge.

July 22, 1932:  "On the Broken Top ridge, the fireman-lookout placed his car directly in front of the station.  The lights were turned toward Pilot Butte, on which members of the headquarters staff were taking readings for triangulation of the station."  (The Bend Bulletin)

July 11, 1933:  "Forest Service workers are still telephoning through snow banks, despite the fact that the middle of July is just around the corner.  The telephone line to the Broken Top guard station is under six feet of snow in places, but the guard, Theron Beougher, is in touch with the central dispatcher's office in Bend.  Snow 15 feet deep in places still covers the Broken Top ridge, Beougher reports, and the road to the guard station will probably remain blocked until about August 15.
      From his station high on the snowy ridge extending down from Broken Top. Beougher overlooks Bend and, incidentally, many Bend residents have noticed Beougher's habitation.  Yesterday afternoon, a number of people telephoned to the local forest service office that a fire was burning in the high country west of Bend.  Members of the Dispatcher's staff checked with Beougher and found that the smoke seen by Bend People was from brush he was burning.
      Efforts have been made to pull the Broken Top telephone wires from the snow drifts, but these efforts failed."  (The Bend Bulletin)

July 12, 1933:   "Although mid-summer is just around the corner, field men of the Deschutes national forest are telephoning through snow banks.  The telephone line to Broken Top guard station in the Three Sisters foothills directly west ob Bend, is still under six feet of snow in some places, although the guard, Theron Beougher, is in constant communication with central dispatchers in Bend.
      Beougher reported today that drifts 15 feet deep cover much of the high country near his station.  The road to Broken Top will be blocked by snow until August 15, he said."   (Baker Democrat Herald)

July 24, 1933:
   "Fire which appeared to be burning on the South Sister well above the snow line was sighted by many local residents last night, judging from calls received at the forest service office.  Although the blaze seemed to be well up on the South Sister, in reality it was at Broken Top fireman-lookout station, located on a steep ridge extending down from the shattered mountain.  As seen from Bend, the fire was projected against the snow-covered mountain.
      Although appreciating the calls from people who thought they had discovered a forest fire, Howard Phelps, central dispatcher, reports that the blaze was nothing more than the light from brush burning work that has been underway on the ridge, near the fireman-lookout station, for some time.  Last night, the brush fire blazed up considerably and was clearly visible from Bend.
      Brush which is being burned on the high ridge is that which was cleared away to increase the area of visibility.  It is possible to burn the brush during the hot weather because of the isolated nature of the rocky ridge."   (The Bend Bulletin)

August 19, 1933:   "A garage is being built up at Broken Top lookout station as well as a metal and concrete fire finder base."   (The Bend Bulletin)

January 30, 1934:   "While the sun crossed a practically cloudless sky today, two Deschutes national forest men, L.V. Hunter and C.E. Hein, were on Broken Top spur, high above Three Creeks lake, completing a photographic study of the Deschutes forest.  A special panoramic camera, perfected by W.B. Osborne of the regional forest office and designed on the coast and geodetic survey cameras, is being used in the photographic work which will form the basis for fire detection planning.
      Hunter and Hein started their ascent of the Broken Top spur yesterday, after driving to the snow line.  Three sets of pictures, each covering 120 degrees of horizon, were to be taken.  Other panoramic photographs needed to complete the Deschutes national forest detection planning system were taken last year and this month.  All lookout points have now been covered and the work of preparing visibility maps can be completed."   (The Bend Bulletin)
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January 31, 1934:   "Despite the spring-like conditions which prevail in the lower country, the Broken Top ridge, location of a forest service lookout station, is covered with six feet of snow on the level, with much deeper drifts in wind swept areas.  Such was the information brought back to Bend by L.V. Hunter and C.E. Hein.  They spent yesterday at the lookout station taking panoramic pictures for use in fire protective planning.  In order to reach the high spur, the two men had to hike about seven miles, leaving their car at the snow line.
      Should fair weather continue, pictures will be taken from Walker mountain station, in the Crescent district, tomorrow.
      Hunter and Hein report that the moisture content of the snow around Broken Top appears to be very light."   (The Bend Bulletin)

June 27, 1935:
   "Mr. and Mrs. Beougher will spend the summer at Broken Top lookout station where he is lookout fireman for the Deschutes national forest."   (The Bend Bulletin)

July 23, 1935:  "Caught in a barrage of lightning that appeared to converge on his isolated cabin on the exposed Broken Top spur, in the high Cascades west of Bend.  Theron Beougher, Deschutes National forest lookout, last night has an experience which he believes can only be duplicated in front of the trenches.  Although the lookout escaped direct hits because his cabin is well insulated, the crash of thunder around the glacial point and the flash of bolts that struck into nearby rocks and trees left him with a headache that still endured this morning.
      Not only was the isolated lookout house the apparent focus of the fierce lightning barrage, but it was swept by a near cloudburst, with 1.11 inches of moisture measured.  This was the greatest precipitation recorded for the storm at any one point on the Deschutes National Forest or in Central Oregon."  (The Bend Bulletin)

1936:  In June, hazard sticks, balanced scales and wind recording instruments were installed.

June 25, 1936:   "Due to the warm weather one more lookout fireman will be on duty in the Sisters district beginning late this week, when David Zumwalt is to be stationed at Broken Top lookout."   (The Bend Bulletin)

July 2, 1936:   "David Zumwalt who was supposed to be stationed as lookout fireman on Broken Top last week was unable to get to the station on account of deep snow and reported a heavy wind storm had blown down much of the telephone line connecting the lookout with the office and other lookouts.  A telephone line repair crew under Norman Speck and Emil Johnson is repairing the line this week."   (The Bend Bulletin)

July 10, 1936:   "David Zumwalt is stationed on Broken Top as lookout fireman.
      Four secondary fire stations have been located in the Sisters district at Broken Top, Allingham, Abbot butte and Trout Creek butte.  The apparatus used is a scale and three long thin boards and the object is to weigh the moisture content of the forest debris.  The boards are very sensitive and absorb or release moisture."   (The Bend Bulletin)

October 14, 1936:   "David Zumwalt who has been lookout fireman on Broken Top this summer has been sent to the Crescent district to act as lookout on Davis mountain.  Wesley Duvall of Redmond took Zumwalt's place on Broken Top."   (The Bend Bulletin)

December 23, 1936:   "David Zumwalt. who has been working for the forest service as lookout fireman on Broken Top mountain and later spotting bug timber, will return to Oregon State college at the beginning of the new year."   (The Bend Bulletin)

August 18, 1937:
   "Mr. and Mrs. Combs will visit their son, Charles Combs, Jr., at the Broken Top lookout station.  Mrs. Combs plans to remain a week with her son."   (The Bend Bulletin)

September 17, 1937:
   "Charles Combs Sr. came from Portland Thursday to get Mrs. Combs who has been visiting for some time with their son Charles Combs Jr. at the Broken Top lookout station where he is lookout fireman."   (The Bend Bulletin)

September 23, 1937:
   "Charles Combs, Jr., lookout fireman on Broken Top, and N.H. Atkins, emergency fireman for the Black Butte Fire association, left Sunday for Corvallis where they will enter Oregon State college as sophomores."   (The Bend Bulletin)

July 13, 1938:  "Charles Combs was placed on Broken Top as lookout fireman last week.  This is the last lookout to be manned, last on account of the snow which is not entirely gone from the road even at this time.  Combs had to walk the last half mile to his cabin and carry his equipment in."   (The Bend Bulletin)

July 27, 1938:   "Mr. and Mrs. Charles Combs, Sr.., of Portland came Friday to visit their son Charles who is lookout fireman on Broken Top mountain.  Mrs. Combs plans to stay for some time."   (The Bend Bulletin)

August 18, 1939:
   "Chelsea Brown, who is the regular lookout at Broken Top is at the lake during Hudson's absence.  Bruce Abelein is acting as lookout on Broken Top while Brown is away."
      "Mr. and Mrs. George Abelein and family visited Bruce Abelein at Broken Top lookout Sunday."   (The Bend Bulletin)

August 30, 1939:   "Chelsea Brown has been transferred fro Broken Top lookout to the Suttle lake position and Fred Bembrey has been made lookout on Broken Top."   (The Bend Bulletin)

September 7, 1939:   "Mrs. Fred Bembrey and daughter Marie spent the weekend at Broken Top lookout with Bembrey who is stationed there now as lookout."   (The Bend Bulletin)

August 14, 1940:
   "Pat Dyer was lookout fireman on Broken Top mountain last week during the time that Chelsea Brown was at Suttle lake replacing Bob Helms while he was away fighting fire.  Brown is Broken Top mountain lookout fireman."   (The Bend Bulletin)

August 13, 1941:   "A shifting about of forest service employees in this district was carried out last week.  Harold Hansen, Bend, from brush crew to Broken Top lookout, William Knupp from Broken Top lookout to the brush crew."   (The Bend Bulletin)

September 13, 1941:   "Harold Hansen, lookout on Broken Top mountain, is assisting in the Sisters ranger station office since fire season is past."   (The Bend Bulletin)

September 17, 1941:
   "Harold Hansen, Broken Top mountain lookout, has gone to Corvallis where he will re-enter Oregon State college."   (The Bend Bulletin)

August 16, 1943:
   "Roy Edward Webster, 17, of Worcester, Mass., was arrested by state police yesterday afternoon and is being held on a charge of larceny by bailee, following his departure from Broken Top lookout where he worked for the forest service.
     A complaint issued by District Attorney Irving D. Brown charges that Webster left the station on Broken Top and took with him a sleeping bag, a forest service pocket compass and specially ground sun glasses.  The complaint also states that a telephone from the lookout station was thrown over the cliff on which the station is situated.
      Webster has come to Bend this summer and applied for the lookout job, telling forest service officers that he had come all the way from Massachusetts to 'help guard the forests.'
      Webster's absence from the lookout was discovered Sunday afternoon by forest service officers, who could get no answer on the telephone, at about the same time that the boy was arrested by state police, being held at first as a suspicious character."   (The Bend Bulletin)

1943:  Roald Wick, a 15-year-old high school student staffed the lookout.

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