Fire Lookouts: Smoke Signals, Dynamite, Pigeons, Heliographs, Telephones and Radios (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780999606728)

Vendor: La Vaughn Vanderburg Kemnow
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Fire Lookouts: Smoke Signals, Dynamite, Pigeons, Heliographs, Telephones and Radios

$12.99

Fire Lookouts: Smoke Signals, Dynamite, Pigeons, Heliographs, Telephones and Radios

$12.99
Format: Paperback
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When a smoke was detected by the lookout, it was not enough for that person to know; the information had to be conveyed to the person in charge of the fire fighters. Over the years, and in different locations, this could involve a horseback ride, heliograph, carrier pigeon, megaphone, flying a flag; or a lantern, telephone, short wave radio, and other methods. The historical information in these volumes is the culmination of many years of research of original documents by Ron Kemnow for his website, ronkemnow.weebly.com. Also included are many historical photographs. Some of the older photographs and picture postcards are of poor quality, but were included for their historical value. This book is not in narrative form, but is a collection of official reports, letters, and news articles, presented as they were originally written.

Author: La Vaughn Vanderburg Kemnow
ISBN-10: 0999606727
ISBN-13: 9780999606728
Publisher: Mountainswest Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/29/2017
Pages: 122
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.26d
By La Vaughn Vanderburg Kemnow
By La Vaughn Vanderburg Kemnow
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The author grew up on a dairy farm in the Pacific Northwest adjacent to the Siuslaw National Forest, where her grandparents and great grandparents had been among the earliest settlers. Family outings often consisted of a drive over narrow dirt Forest Service roads winding through towering fir and spruce forests. The day would frequently include a primitive picnic, with venison steak threaded onto sharpened willow branches and broiled slowly over the glowing coals of a small cooking fire. Sometimes their travels through the foothills of the Coast Range led them to a fire lookout tower. This interest was expanded in later years when she and her husband began visiting fire lookouts and abandoned lookout sites. The fascination with the history of these sites led to an in-depth study and research of original documents pertaining to the subject, much of which is presented in these volumes.

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