LINN COUNTY
MINNIECE POINT
Willamette National Forest
11S-5E-19
11S-5E-19
April 22, 1931: "Practically 100 per cent visibility over the forests of the Santiam district will be made possible by the emergency lookout stations which will be added to the forest patrol service this year, according to C. C. Hall, forest supervisor.
Minniece Point will be one of the eleven new emergency stations. This post will be connected with the telephone system next year." (Statesman Journal)
Minniece Point will be one of the eleven new emergency stations. This post will be connected with the telephone system next year." (Statesman Journal)
August 23, 1933: "Paul Ratzeburg, who has been convalescing at the government hospital near Detroit was able to return to his work as lookout at Mines Rock Friday morning. Ratzeburg spent Thursday at his home near Gates." (Daily Capital Journal)
1934: An L-4 lookout house constructed.
October 4, 1934: "Paul Ratzeburg, lookout on the Minnis Rock east of Gates, is spending his first vacation for three months at the home of his family." (Daily Capital Journal)
September 21, 1935: "Paul Ratzeburg has returned to his home from Minnis Rock for a visit with his family. Ratzburg has been on lookout duty at Minnis Rock since the middle of June and this is his first time out of the mountains." (Daily Capital Journal)
September 22, 1935: "Paul Ratzburg, who has been on Mennis Rock, and Elmer Klutke, on Squaw mountain lookouts, are both home. They were stationed on these lookouts during the fire season." (Statesman Journal)
July 6, 1936: "Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ratzeburg visited their daughter, Miss Marie Ratzeburg in Salem during the week previous to Ratzeburg leaving for his summer's work at the lookout station on Minne Rock." (Daily Capital Journal)
September 28, 1936: "Paul Ratzeburg was at the home of his family for a short visit during the first of the week from his work as lookout at Minner Rock." (Daily Capital Journal)
Removed