INSKIP HILL
Tehama County - U.S. Forest Service / California Department of Forestry
June 22, 1935: "Two earth shocks were felt yesterday in the area surrounding Lassen Peak, only active volcano in the United States.
A 40-foot steel tower supporting the Inskip lookout manned by Victor Mentink, more than 25 miles from the peak, rocked when the second tremor set the earth trembling." (Oroville Mercury)
A 40-foot steel tower supporting the Inskip lookout manned by Victor Mentink, more than 25 miles from the peak, rocked when the second tremor set the earth trembling." (Oroville Mercury)
June 21, 1937: "Inskip Lookout near Paynes Creek has been given direct relief to Mr. and Mrs. Porcupine and family. Not being satisfied with a succulent diet of weeds and grass, they started eating on the new garage and tool storage building. Before they were discovered, they had badly damaged the lower portion of it.
District Ranger Brokenshire lost no time in cutting off their new diet. A strip of galvanized iron 20 inches wide was placed around the building. This material proved too tough for them. However, a close watch was being kept by Hubert Grissom, lookout, to prevent a band of Angora goats from trying a diet of galvanized iron." (Lassen Advocate - Susanville)
June 21, 1937: "Inskip Lookout near Paynes Creek has been given direct relief to Mr. and Mrs. Porcupine and family. Not being satisfied with a succulent diet of weeds and grass, they started eating on the new garage and tool storage building. Before they were discovered, they had badly damaged the lower portion of it.
District Ranger Brokenshire lost no time in cutting off their new diet. A strip of galvanized iron 20 inches wide was placed around the building. This material proved too tough for them. However, a close watch was being kept by Hubert Grissom, lookout, to prevent a band of Angora goats from trying a diet of galvanized iron." (Lassen Advocate - Susanville)
August 21, 1973: "A 13,000 acre fire near Red Bluff, Calif., knocked out power lines to Inskip lookout tower, the main radio relay point for local law enforcement agencies. Tehama County sheriff's office and Red Bluff police were forced to rely on walkie-talkies." (Nevada State Journal)