BLACK MOUNTAIN
Plumas County - Plumas National Forest
November 17, 1933: "Emmett and Lester Brockman are hauling a car load of lumber from the railroad station at Doyle to Laufman ranger station. The lumber will be used next spring to build a lookout station on Black Mountain." (Lassen Advocate - Susanville)
October 10, 1936: "The lookout station on Black Mountain has been completed, but will not be occupied until another year." (Lassen Advocate - Susanville)
June 25, 1938: "Don Baker moved to Black Mountain government lookout station last week. He will remain as lookout man during the fire season." (Lassen Advocate - Susanville)
August 26, 1943: "Emma Grayce Wemple, of Milford, California, is in charge of the Black Mountain station." (Feather River Bulletin)
December 14, 1944: "L.H. Curnow has accepted a position with the State Forest Service in Oroville, where he will now make his home. He spent last summer as lookout on Black Mountain." (Feather River Bulletin)
August 24, 1950: "A fire on the east side of Black mountain, north of Clover valley, started Saturday in the area where the Clover Valley lumber company is operating.
Fanned by a brisk breeze it spread rapidly in slash and through pine and fir thickets.
The Black Mountain lookout station, manned by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Toy was saved only after the flames had come within 100 feet of their residence." (Portola Reporter)
Fanned by a brisk breeze it spread rapidly in slash and through pine and fir thickets.
The Black Mountain lookout station, manned by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Toy was saved only after the flames had come within 100 feet of their residence." (Portola Reporter)
July 28, 1951: "A spur line is being built three miles to Black Mountain lookout on the Plumas National forest. It will power a booster radio station for the area." (Nevada State Journal)
September 6, 1952: "Spotting forest fires from Black Mountain lookout in the Plumas National Forest has been a little dull lately, but Mrs. Edna Toy, in charge of the tower, got a thrill early Wednesday morning, but not from discovery of a fire. Scanning the area south of the tower looking for smokes, she discovered a huge bobcat trotting within 200 feet of the station headed for a brush patch.
Dropping her binoculars and picking up a .22-caliber rifle, Mrs. Toy dropped the cat in its tracks. Fire Control Officer Guy Price, who arrived a short time after the shooting, said the wildcat is the biggest he has seen in that area, and revealed the animal will weigh between 50 and 60 pounds and measures 40 inches from nose to tail." (Reno Evening Gazette)
August 1, 1954: "Susanville sheriff's deputies Friday night termed as a 'probable false alarm' a report that a twin engine plane had crashed near Lake Levitt on the road to Alturas.
A forest service lookout on Black Mountain reported she saw what appeared to be a large plane crash at the location. An aerial search, however, failed to disclose any wreckage.
A Susanville sheriff's office spokesman said the lookout was peering into the setting sun and that a plane was taking off and gaining altitude in the approximate location. The spokesman said a passing car raising dust in the area may have led her to believe the plane had crashed." (Nevada State Journal)