LINN COUNTY
GREEN MOUNTAIN
Linn County Fire Patrol
June 21, 1951: "The Linn county fire patrol announced today that the patrol's lookout station on Green Mountain burned to the ground at 6:30 a.s. today.
The lookout, 10 miles southeast of Foster, was manned by David Barney.
Barney told the patrol headquarters that sparks from the cabin's cookstove started the blaze. The one-room lookout quarters was leveled a few minutes after the fire started. Barney was unhurt.
The building is owned by the Santiam Lumber company, but was manned by the patrol.
Lost in the blaze was a two-way radio and a fire-finder owned by the patrol." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
The lookout, 10 miles southeast of Foster, was manned by David Barney.
Barney told the patrol headquarters that sparks from the cabin's cookstove started the blaze. The one-room lookout quarters was leveled a few minutes after the fire started. Barney was unhurt.
The building is owned by the Santiam Lumber company, but was manned by the patrol.
Lost in the blaze was a two-way radio and a fire-finder owned by the patrol." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
