GRANT COUNTY
FRAZIER POINT
Whitman National Forest . Malheur National Forest
17S-33 1/2E-15
17S-33 1/2E-15
1937: A 100-foot ring-connected, sawn timber tower with a 7 x 7 cab was completed at a location 1/2 mile north of the first lookout site. (Malheur National Forest Archive file)
January 3, 1937: "The fire lookout who scans the lonely expanse of pine forest from Frazier Point, between Burns and Prairie City, next summer will do so from the dizzy level of a 100-hundred-foot wooden tower, which is the pride of its recent C.C.C. builders.
The high tower is in Malheur National Forest, between Wolf Creek and the middle fork of the Malheur River, almost thirty-five miles northeast of Burns. It is built of treated Douglas fir." (Seattle Daily Times)
January 7, 1937: “The fire lookout who scans the lonely expanse of pine forest from Fraser Point between Burns and Prairie City, Oregon next summer will do so from the dizzy level of a 100 foot wooden tower which is the pride of its recent CCC builders.
The tower represents the latest thing in wood construction using the split ring device recently found effective in increasing structural strength of wood. CCC enrollees from Canyon Creek 40 miles away, built the tower this season, camping on the job, cooking their own meals and returning to the main camp only once a week, till the work was finished. The tree troopers worked high in the air like seasoned scaffold veterans and got a thrill from it. No lost time and no ca on the job, cooking their own meals and returning to the main camp only once a week, till the work was finished. The tree trooper worked high in the air like seasoned scaffold veterans and got a thrill from it. No lost time and no casualties resulted according to project foreman Chas. S. (Scotty) Ross of Prairie City.
The high tower is on the Malheur national forest between Wolf Creek and the Middle Fork of the Malheur River about 35 miles northeast of Burns. It is built of treated Douglas fir, illustrating the use of wood in a competitive field requiring both strength and economy.
Fraser Point lookout is in one of the world's largest belts of Ponderosa pine timber, according to forest service officials.” (The Glendale Log)
January 7, 1937: “The fire lookout who scans the lonely expanse of pine forest from Fraser Point between Burns and Prairie City, Oregon next summer will do so from the dizzy level of a 100 foot wooden tower which is the pride of its recent CCC builders.
The tower represents the latest thing in wood construction using the split ring device recently found effective in increasing structural strength of wood. CCC enrollees from Canyon Creek 40 miles away, built the tower this season, camping on the job, cooking their own meals and returning to the main camp only once a week, till the work was finished. The tree troopers worked high in the air like seasoned scaffold veterans and got a thrill from it. No lost time and no ca on the job, cooking their own meals and returning to the main camp only once a week, till the work was finished. The tree trooper worked high in the air like seasoned scaffold veterans and got a thrill from it. No lost time and no casualties resulted according to project foreman Chas. S. (Scotty) Ross of Prairie City.
The high tower is on the Malheur national forest between Wolf Creek and the Middle Fork of the Malheur River about 35 miles northeast of Burns. It is built of treated Douglas fir, illustrating the use of wood in a competitive field requiring both strength and economy.
Fraser Point lookout is in one of the world's largest belts of Ponderosa pine timber, according to forest service officials.” (The Glendale Log)
1938: A 14 by 16 foot frame living quarters and a plan 536 20 by 20 foot garage constructed. (Malheur National Forest Archive file)
September 4, 1942: "Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Johnson spent Saturday and Sunday at the parental Jack Cochran home. They are on a lookout over near Logan." (John Day Valley Ranger)
September 11, 1942: "Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Hinkleman drove over to Logan Valley to the Frazier Mt. lookout Sunday and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Johnson." (John Day Ranger)
October 23, 1942: "Mrs. Dorothy Johnson, who has been out on a lookout near Logan all summer, is spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cochran. Her husband is still on the forest." (John Day Ranger)
September 24, 1943: "Merlin J. McMullen is now the lookout on Frazier Peak." (Burns Times-Herald)