TRINITY COUNTY
EAGLE ROCK
Trinity National Forest
4N-8E-6
4N-8E-6
August 5, 1933: "Fred Grover, district ranger, reported the new telephone line from Eagle Rock to Salyer was completed today. Over three miles of telephone line was strung and a like amont of trail cleared to the Eagle Rock lookout station." (The Searchlight)
August 26, 1933: "Trails constructed, Eagle Rock Lookout, 3 miles.
Eagle Rock telephone line construction 3 1/2 miles." (Blue Lake Advocate)
August 31, 1933: "The new fire guard on the Eagle rock look-out has at his disposal the new telephone line recently installed by the C. C. C.boys, connecting him with the Big Bar ranger station via the Salyer line. The new look-out covers the Trinity river 14 miles and part of Corral bottoms. This new post will serve as an asset to the future safety and welfare of the citizens of Trinity county and to the virgin stand of timber which this station will overlook." (Courier-Free Press)
August 2, 1934: "Howard Duncan, together with his inseparable crew of four men, left Wednesday for Eagle rock. They will remain the remainder of the week completing the building for the lookout and beautifying the surrounding area." (Courier-Free Press)
October 19, 1940: "The mule's claim to intellectual superiority has been seriously challenged. Trinity Forest employees have come to the sad conclusion that the I.Q. of the average mule is in all probability considerably lower than they thought it was.
One lone mule is responsible for this change of opinion. His name is Tom, and according to Supervisor A.G. Brenneis of Weaverville. There is one of the huskiest mules on the Trinity.
In a recent communication, Brenneis recounts what happened shortly after Tom had packed a load of supplies to Eagle Rock lookout.
'The packer tied him to a bush and thought that all was well,' Brenneis writes. 'Shortly, Tom became frightened by something, broke his halter rope and headed down the mountain. Sure that he would return to Big Bar, as any run-of-the-mill mule would, the packer was not greatly disturbed. After eating a meal and smoking a pipe he started on the trail of Tom.
'Later in the day, after many weary miles of tracking, Tom was found in the heart of some of the most rugged country in Trinity County. Here he was, stuck, marooned on the face of a cliff that not even a goat would traverse and unable to move 20 feet either direction.
'After two days' work by forest guards in cutting brush, moving boulders, pleading and coaxing. Tom was removed from the cliff and returned to Big Bar.
'The story should end there, but bright and early on the morning following his return Tom was again headed for Eagle Rock and again broke away. This time, profiting from his previous experience, Tom stuck to the trail until he reached the road. From there he held the center of the road until his pursuers overtook him. He then stood quietly by until the trailer door was opened, walked into the conveyance and heaved a great sigh,
'Maybe Tom isn't as smart as the average mule,' say the fire guards, 'but give him time, he is learning.'" (Oakland Tribune)
DESIGNATION - EAGLE
PID - LU2151
STATE/COUNTY- CA/TRINITY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BIG BAR (1982)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY CALTRANS 1975 (PRL)
THE STATION IS ON A RIDGE AT THE SITE OF AN ABANDONED LOOKOUT KNOWN AS
EAGLE ROCK, ABOUT 2 AIRLINE MILES SOUTH OF DEL LOMA AND 4 AIRLINE
MILES WEST OF BIG BAR.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE US FOREST SERVICE RANGER STATION AT BIG
BAR, TRAVEL SOUTH, ACROSS HIGHWAY 299 AND ACROSS THE TRINITY RIVER
BRIDGE ON ROAD NUMBER 33N60 FOR 0.2 MILES TO A FORK, TAKE RIGHT FORK
AND TRAVEL SOUTHWEST FOR 0.2 MILES TO A FORK AT A SIGN---CORRAL BOTTOM
10---. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR 5.4 MILES TO THE SUMMIT OF A RIDGE
AND THE INTERSECTION OF FOUR ROADS, TAKE FIRST FORK TO THE RIGHT AND
TRAVEL FOR 2.0 MILES TO A FORK IN ROAD AT A FOREST SERVICE MATERIALS
SITE, TAKE LEFT FORK AND TRAVEL FOR 0.1 MILE TO A ROAD INTERSECTION ON
THE RIGHT, TRAVEL STRAIGHT AHEAD 1.2 MILES TO A BLOCKED ROAD ON THE
RIGHT, CONTINUE TO THE LEFT, DOWNHILL, FOR 2.4 MILES TO A FORK, TAKE
RIGHT FORK ACROSS EDGE OF RIDGE, TRAVELING FOR 1.1 MILES TO A---T---
INTERSECTION, TURN RIGHT AND TRAVEL FOR 0.6 MILES TO A FORK, TAKE
RIGHT FORK AND TRAVEL FOR 0.7 MILES TO A FORK, TAKE RIGHT FORK AND
CONTINUE UP RIDGE FOR 2.1 MILES TO THE TOP OF RIDGE AND A---T---
INTERSECTION, TURN LEFT AND TRAVEL DOWN THE RIDGE FOR 0.6 MILES TO
THE END OF THE ROAD AND THE STATION.
THE STATION IS A STANDARD CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS DISK STAMPED
---EAGLE 1975---SET IN A ROCK OUTCROPPING, 9 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE
EAST FOUNDATION CORNER, AND 18 FEET EAST OF THE NORTH FOUNDATION
CORNER OF AN ABANDONED LOOKOUT HOUSE, AND ABOUT 4 FEET LOWER.