COOS MOUNTAIN
Coos County - Coos County FPA - 26S-10W-32
December 21, 1925: "The lookout stations maintained by Coos FPA are as follows: Coos Mountain, near old hatchery on North Fork of Coquille river." (The Coos Bay Times)
July 24, 1928: "Delmer Sumpter and Maurice Tedro left last night for stations of the Coos county fire patrol. Sumpter goes as a patrolman to the Tioga country and Tedro as lookout at Coos Mountain." (The Coos Bay Times)
August 1, 1934: "Coos Mountain lookout: A 14 x 14 R-6 Revised Plan No. L-4 house has been packed to Coos Mountain. Mr. MacDonald tells us by phone that he believes it practical to drag the timber for a 40 to 50 foot treated tower to Coos Mountain." (To Regional Forester from Forest Supervisor, Umpqua - CCC-)
September 14, 1934: "Mr. and Mrs. Ed Joyce, of Coos Mountain Lookout, moved Monday to Brewster Rock Lookout." (The Coquille Valley Sentinel)
September 27, 1935: "Homer Millard, who has been stationed at Coos Mountain lookout during the summer, has left for his home near Albany to prepare for college." (The Coos Bay Times)
April 30, 1936: Work completed by members of the McKinley CCC camp: Four miles of trail connecting the Tioga road with Coos mountain lookout. A new tower and lookout house has been constructed on Coos mountain. (The Coos Bay Times)
July 17, 1936: "Robert King, Oregon State College school of forestry student, was Thursday placed on Coos mountain lookout, it was announced this morning at offices of Coos Fire Patrol." (The Coos Bay Times)
April 21, 1936: "Four miles of trail connecting the Tioga road with Coos mountain lookout.
These roads and trails are all part of the protection plan covering the largest body of standing Douglas fire in the state of Oregon.
Each spring we have maintained all protection trails in this area.
A new tower and lookout house has been constructed on Coos mountain." (Roseburg News-Review)
These roads and trails are all part of the protection plan covering the largest body of standing Douglas fire in the state of Oregon.
Each spring we have maintained all protection trails in this area.
A new tower and lookout house has been constructed on Coos mountain." (Roseburg News-Review)
June 14, 1938: "Ed Kondraski was re-assigned to the Coos Mountain lookout station Sunday, the same post he held last summer. Kondraski is the third lookout appointed this year, following Blue Ridge and Bennett's Butte." (The Coos Bay Times)
August 15, 1941: "James Peterson of Roseburg has accepted work with the Coos county fire patrol and will be employed as a lookout on Coos mountain." (Roseburg News-Review)
September 9, 1953: "Miss Marvel Christensen came home Monday night from Coos Mountain lookout station where she worked this summer. She will leave the last of the week for Oregon State College to begin her sophomore year." (The Coos Bay Times)
1953: "Three and a half miles of road was constructed to Coos Mountain lookout." (Coos District Annual Report)
1957: An L-4 lookout house constructed on a 10-foot treated timber tower.
July 8, 1958: "Miss Dana Wells of Portland, who has been visiting Mrs. C.E. Allen, will maintain the Coos Mountain Lookout for the summer." (The World)
1962: The lookout abandoned.
Removed