SISKIYOU COUNTY
ENGLISH PEAK
Klamath National Forest
July 5, 1924: "Dewey George is fire patrol in the north fork section this summer. He has a large territory to ride over, including a regular trip to English peak to take observations of the country to be seen from there." (Blue Lake Advocate)
June 11, 1926: "Hired Gleason Balfrey to be Lookout fireman at English Peak. Packed him to Abbot's Upper Cabin where he will work on trails until July." (Chronological History of the Klamath National Forest, Vol. III, 1921-1930)
April 25, 1934: "(Lewis Diary) Heavy snow banks between English Lake and Tom Taylor cabin. Overnight at Tom Taylor cabin, then installed Iron phone at the Lookout Point on English Peak on the 27th, then returned to Sawyers by way of Little North Fork." (Chronological History of the Klamath National Forest, Vol. IV, 1931-1940)
June 1, 1942: "Ranger Everett Jansen recorded the following story about the construction of the English Peak Cabin in 1942.
Sometime in late May, or more likely early June, 1942, it was time to skid the logs that Nelson Bennett had cut to the selected site just in front of the old cabin. I sent Christy Stanshaw up to mastermind this job since mules were required and since Charles Dettmar, the lookout, an ex-CCC enrollee, had no experience with stock. A few days later I went up to see how they were doing and to my surprise I found Dettmar doing the skidding." (Chronological History of the Klamath National Forest, Vol. V, 1941-1950)