BARNABE MOUNTAIN (Dickson)
Marin County
December 22, 1938: "Preliminary construction work on a second fire lookout in the Tamalpais Forest Fire District was started this week near Lagunitas when grading of a road to the summit of Barnabee Peak, northwest of Lagunitas was commenced.
Second highest point of land in Marin county, Barnabee Peak which stands on a part of the Fred Dickson ranch property near Lagunitas is 1470 feet in height and supplementing the lookout on Mt. Tamalpais will materially expand the service offered by fire fighting crews of the district.
One acre of land on the very summit of the peak and right of way for the two-mile long service road was donated to the fire district by Dickson. The road leads up the hill off of Arroyo road in the Lagunitas district.
A crew of eight men and two caterpillar graders directed by Warden Ed Gardner are working on the project." (Sausalito News)
Second highest point of land in Marin county, Barnabee Peak which stands on a part of the Fred Dickson ranch property near Lagunitas is 1470 feet in height and supplementing the lookout on Mt. Tamalpais will materially expand the service offered by fire fighting crews of the district.
One acre of land on the very summit of the peak and right of way for the two-mile long service road was donated to the fire district by Dickson. The road leads up the hill off of Arroyo road in the Lagunitas district.
A crew of eight men and two caterpillar graders directed by Warden Ed Gardner are working on the project." (Sausalito News)
May 26, 1939: "Completion of the new Barnabee Peak station, named Dickson Lookout after Fred W. Dickson who donated the land used, is expected to be fully complete by June 1, though Dinsmore has already moved into the structure. The lookout opens up an area of land not visible from the Mt. Tamalpais station, and is hooked up be means of a telephone line to central fire district station at Lagunitas." (Mill Valley Record)
May 30, 1940: "The newly constructed Dickson Lookout on Barnabe Peak near Woodacre, will be formerly dedicated by the Tamalpais Forest Fire District on Sunday morning, June 9th at 11 o'clock.
Chief Edwin Gardner and his fire wardens, assisted by members of the fire service of the county will be on hand to guide those attending the ceremonies by machine to the top of the peak where suitable parking space is available to accommodate several hundred machines.
Barnabe Peak has an elevation of 1477 feet and covers the entire Lagunitas Canyon as well as Nicasio Valley. The structure consists of living quarters for the lookout and his wife as well as the observation tower, and in conjunction with the Gardner Lookout on the summit of Mt. Tamalpais which is nine and three quarters miles distant, gives the forest fire wardens a most complete system of observation.
The dedication ceremonies are being sponsored by the Marin County Association of Fire Departments and will be in charge of the Committee, including Chief Edwin Gardner and Chief Ed Schumaker of Ross." (San Anselmo Herald)
June 25, 1949: (Ten Years Ago) "Dickson lookout was erected for the county fire department at Barnabe Peak near Lagunitas. Mr. and Mrs Lee Dinsmore moved to the peak lookout duty." (Daily Independent Journal)
June 8, 1950: (Ten Years Ago) "The Dickson lookout and fire station at the top of Mt. Barnaby were formerly dedicated. The place was named after Fred Dickson who donated the peak for a lookout. Principal speaker of the day was to be M.B. Pratt, state forester." (Daily Independent Journal)
May 31, 1961: "Paul Hogancamp, 52, San Rafael, a fireman, was found dead at the foot of a stairway at the Mt. Barnaby fire lookout station. Hogancamp was apparently the victim of the fall. He had been making repairs preparatory to opening the lookout this week." (Eureka Humboldt Standard)