EAGLE PEAK
Tehama County - Mendocino National Forest / California Department of Forestry
October 14, 1938: "Eagle Peak Lookout is now known, locally, as Pigeon Roost due to a decided preference for this station by wandering homing pigeons.
On September 7 a pigeon bearing a band #OHC 3231 Au 38 arrived at the Lookout. He seemed perfectly at home, grazing around the station by day, except during meals when he insisted upon entering the lookout and eating the crumbs, and going to roost in the storeroom at night. Wright Graham, Lookout-fireman, decided that he was blessed with a permanent companion so bestowed upon OHC 3231 the name of Charley.
This companionship lasted until September 10 when two more pigeons, one a male and one a female, arrived from the general direction of Reno. Graham named the new arrivals (BRC 3702 Au 37) Martha and (BRC 2406 Au 36) Joe and decided that he was going into the pigeon business whether he wanted to or not. A requisition was placed for food and for material to build a suitable pen for the increased family.
On the morning of September 11, Martha and Joe left the storeroom and after a breakfast of crumbs departed in the direction of San Francisco. Shortly after their departure Charley appeared in a condition which indicated that he had been severely beaten by Joe and Martha.
On September 13 when Charley failed to appear for breakfast Graham made a search and found him dead. Feeling that Charley was not of an aggressive nature, Wright believes that this is a case of murder and is requesting that all agencies be on the lookout for the suspected killers.
If Martha and/or Joe are apprehended Graham wishes to be informed of their capture and the final disposition of the case. - Beattie - Mendocino -" (California Ranger)
On September 7 a pigeon bearing a band #OHC 3231 Au 38 arrived at the Lookout. He seemed perfectly at home, grazing around the station by day, except during meals when he insisted upon entering the lookout and eating the crumbs, and going to roost in the storeroom at night. Wright Graham, Lookout-fireman, decided that he was blessed with a permanent companion so bestowed upon OHC 3231 the name of Charley.
This companionship lasted until September 10 when two more pigeons, one a male and one a female, arrived from the general direction of Reno. Graham named the new arrivals (BRC 3702 Au 37) Martha and (BRC 2406 Au 36) Joe and decided that he was going into the pigeon business whether he wanted to or not. A requisition was placed for food and for material to build a suitable pen for the increased family.
On the morning of September 11, Martha and Joe left the storeroom and after a breakfast of crumbs departed in the direction of San Francisco. Shortly after their departure Charley appeared in a condition which indicated that he had been severely beaten by Joe and Martha.
On September 13 when Charley failed to appear for breakfast Graham made a search and found him dead. Feeling that Charley was not of an aggressive nature, Wright believes that this is a case of murder and is requesting that all agencies be on the lookout for the suspected killers.
If Martha and/or Joe are apprehended Graham wishes to be informed of their capture and the final disposition of the case. - Beattie - Mendocino -" (California Ranger)
July 27, 1971: "Fire fighters manning six units of the California Division of Forestry, a tanker truck from Corning Jaycees and two aerial tankers contained a blaze early last evening that burned 100 acres of grassland west of Henleyville on Paskenta Road.
Smoke was spotted from the Eagle Peak Lookout, located northwest of Paskenta." (Red Bluff Daily News)