DUCKWALL MOUNTAIN
Tuolumne County - Stanislaus National Forest
August 5, 1921: "Big game makes life exciting for a lookout. Bear at eve and lion at dewy morn result in a cold breakfast
Life became quite exciting for P.G. Pimentel, Lookout on Duckwall Mt. when a few days ago he was taking his evening stroll about a mile from his tower he encountered a huge bear also taking a stroll. Pimentel did not hesitate to make tracks for home at once and at a much faster gait than usual leaving bruin all the room he needed. While still very much perturbed over the meeting with the bear, Pimentel arose early the next morning, prepared to chop some wood for his morning meal. Looking up from the pile he gazed full into the hungry eyes of a mountain lion. Men are always brave persons but Pimentel seems to have no hesitancy in saying that he was glad to get even a cold breakfast that morning. Now he wants an extra set of Yale locks on his cabin door and is thinking seriously of moving his bed to the top of his lookout tower." (California District News Letter)
Life became quite exciting for P.G. Pimentel, Lookout on Duckwall Mt. when a few days ago he was taking his evening stroll about a mile from his tower he encountered a huge bear also taking a stroll. Pimentel did not hesitate to make tracks for home at once and at a much faster gait than usual leaving bruin all the room he needed. While still very much perturbed over the meeting with the bear, Pimentel arose early the next morning, prepared to chop some wood for his morning meal. Looking up from the pile he gazed full into the hungry eyes of a mountain lion. Men are always brave persons but Pimentel seems to have no hesitancy in saying that he was glad to get even a cold breakfast that morning. Now he wants an extra set of Yale locks on his cabin door and is thinking seriously of moving his bed to the top of his lookout tower." (California District News Letter)