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
LANE COUNTY

CUMMINGS PEAK

Siuslaw National Forest
15S-11W-27
June 24, 1922:   "Each of these lookouts (includes Cummins Peak) will be connected by telephone with the nearest ranger and none of them will be allowed to leave his post throughout the fire season unless he has a substitute.  Supplies are taken to the lookouts at intervals and in some instances water has to be carried to them."   (Morning Register)

February 7, 1923:   "A forest lookout house may be erected on Cummins mountain, not far from Waldport in Lincoln county, according to A.R. Wilcox, examiner in the Siuslaw national forest, who has just returned from a two weeks' trip to that part of the forest.  Wilcox made a thorough inspection of the location and said that it is an ideal place for a permanent lookout station.  The mountain has been used by forest lookouts at different times."   (Morning Register)
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​June 19, 1924: “Ranger P.N. Stephenson sent out two lookouts on Tuesday. J.V. Straumfjord of O.A.C. to Cummings Peak and Joel Berremen of Philomath to Saddle Mountain. The boys have promised the News accounts of their thrilling experiences with packrats and other fauna of their mountain fastnesses.” (The Siuslaw News)

September 27, 1924:   "After spending a summer on the top of Cummins peak, where his only shelter is a rough log roof to protect his telephone and bed, J. R. Stromford, Siuslaw national forest lookout, arrived in Eugene Friday on his way to Portland where he will enter the medical school of the University of Oregon.  Mr. Stromford expects to serve as lookout at the same post next year."   (The Eugene Guard)
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​April 16, 1925: “A lookout house will be built this year on Cummings peak, Mr. Shelly states.”  (The Siuslaw News)

April 21, 1925:
   "A lookout house will be built this year on Cumming's peak in the Siuslaw national forest.  It will be occupied by J.V. Straumfjord, who spent the winter attending medical college in Portland."   (The Eugene Guard)

April 27, 1925:
   "A lookout house is also being erected this year on Cummings peak and the employee stationed at that point will not be required to camp out all summer, as was necessary last year."   (The Eugene Guard)

April 29, 1925:   "A new lookout house is being erected on Cummings peak on the Siuslaw national forest, according to H. H. Long, chief clerk in the Siuslaw forest office here.  Seventy miles of telephone line will also be built, he said."   (Morning Register)

August 8, 1925:   "M. P. Adams and wife, of Salem, were here Wednesday evening on a vacation trip and visited their son, who is stationed as lookout on Cummings Peak.  They left Thursday by way of Heceta and Ten Mile for the lookout station.  Mrs. Adams' sister, who is a New Hampshire school teacher,accompanied then."   (Morning Register)

September 1, 1925:   "A lookout house is being built on Cummings place in the northwestern corner of Lane county in the Siuslaw national Forest according to R. S. Shelley, supervisor, who has just returned from a trip to that section.  He said that the Deadwood-Five Rivers road leading to that district is in fine shape."   (Morning Register)

January 23, 1926:   "One lookout house was built on Cummins peak at a cost of $924.00."   (Morning Register)

June 11, 1926:   "Walter Hosford will be fire lookout on Cummings Peak this summer and has therefore turned in his resignation as alderman."   (Corvallis Gazette-Times)

June 12, 1928:   "Lloyd Cobert is in Mapleton for a few days getting ready for the fire season.  Mr. Cobert will be located on Cummings peak as fire lookout.  He was on this lookout station last year."   (Morning Register)

June 29, 1928:   "Floyd Covert, a student, goes for his second year's work as lookout on Cummins Peak."   (Siuslaw Oar)

August 15, 1930:   "Ed Weise, lookout man on Cummings Peak, enjoyed a visit this week with his mother from Corvallis."   &   "Mr. Weis, lookout on Cummings, has his sister and others visit him over the week end."   (Siuslaw Oar)
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​May 1, 1931: “The forest service telephone line to Cummings Peak is again in operation. Wm. Lowney has been doing patrol work there.” (Siuslaw Oar)

1932:   Therone Farris was lookout at the beginning of the season and Verus Dahlin at the end of the season.
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​August 19, 1932: “Lawrence Dahlin of Florence was here Sunday on his way to see his brother on Cummings Creek lookout.” (Siuslaw Oar)

October 1, 1932:   "Verus Dahlin has been visiting his father here, briefly, on his way from Cummins peak where he has been stationed all summer to the O.S.C. where he will resume his work in the forestry department."   (The Eugene Guard)
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​October 2, 1932: “Verne Whittaker of Mapleton has resigned his position as driver for Siuslaw Motor Transport Co. and will attend the University of Oregon this year. Verus Dahlin will move from Florence to Mapleton and take the position just vacated by Mr. Whittaker.
      Verus has been been look-out man this summer on Cummings Peak in the forest service, and for several years has been a student at the O.A.C. He is the brother of Lawrence Dahlin who is the regular driver for the Siuslaw Motor Transport company between Florence and Eugene.” (Siuslaw Oar)
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April 11, 1934:   Panorama photos taken by Robert Cooper.

November 1, 1934:   "The lookout roads are being built to Fairview mountain and Cummins peak.  Both were well along when the Cape Creek camp crew was transferred to summer quarters last spring."   (The Eugene Register-Guard)

​July/August 1937:  "Jack Robinson and his crew have completed the road to Cummins Peak Lookout."  (The Salt - Forest newsletter)
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Activated:  March 7, 1942.     Eugene Filter Center.

1954:   A 41-foot treated timber tower was erected.   A memo indicates that an estimated cost of $5,200 to move the Blodgett Peak lookout to this site.

1971:   The final year the lookout was staffed.

1972:  The lookout was used as an emergency post.   The lookout was sold for salvage.

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c.1975:  The lookout was removed.

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National Geodetic Survey

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​DESIGNATION - CUMMINS PEAK LOH
PID - QE2295
STATE/COUNTY- OR/LANE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CUMMINS PEAK (1984)

STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY US FOREST SERVICE 1936
THIS OCCUPIED STATION IS CENTER OF U.S. FOREST SERVICE, CUMMINS
PEAK, LOOKOUT HOUSE, SITUATED ON HIGHEST POINT OF MOUNTAIN ON
EASTERLY PART OF CUMMINS RIDGE, AND ABOUT 8 MILES, AIRLINE, SE OF
YACHATS.
REX'S FIRE LOOKOUT PAGE
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MEMBER:  FOREST FIRE LOOKOUT ASSOCIATION

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