SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
BIG PINE MOUNTAIN
Los Padres National Forest
August 30, 1934: "The Pine mountain lookout is reported ready for service." (Santa Maria Daily Times)
October 18, 1934: "Assistant Forester Warren T. Murphy announced that the Big Pine lookout had been temporarily at least ordered closed, for fear those in charge might become snowbound. As the station is manned by a crew of CCC boys, it was decided not to take any chances of their being compelled to face a shut-in period." (Santa Maria Daily Times)