TRINITY COUNTY
MARY BLAINE MOUNTAIN
Trinity National Forest
July 3, 1924: "John Adler arrived in Cecilville Friday evening on his way to the Mary Blaine lookout station, where he will be the lookout this summer. Adler is attending the University of California, and spends his vacation in the forest." (Siskiyou Daily News)
June 24, 1926: "Ranger Bigelow notified Ranger Frank Graham of the Trinity Forest that he had run an emergency telephone line to Mary Blaine Lookout and hooked up to an Iron phone at the lookout to test it. He wanted to know if Graham could install a switch in the lookout so they could talk directly between the two Districts." (Chronological History of the Klamath National Forest, Vol. III, 1921-1930)
July 3, 1926: "A telephone line has been constructed by the Forest Service, between the ranger station on Crawford creek and the lookout station on Mary Blaine Mountain. While this lookout station is in the Klamath forest may be seen from it while not visible from the other stations. For this reason the telephone line to Mary Blaine Mountain will aid in fire control in the Klamath reserve." (Blue Lake Advocate)
July 24, 1926: "George Addler, a medical student of Portland, is stationed as lookout on Mary Blaine mountain in the Trinity forest reserve. Although the station is in Trinity county, is more easily reached via Sawyers Bar and Cecilville than by the trails through Trinity county." (Blue Lake Advocate)
September 17, 1929: "Ranger Bigelow, Salmon River District, wrote to Ranger Hotelling of Trinity Forest that the only telephone on Mary Blaine Lookout was a Klamath telephone. Hotelling replied that he would pack the telephone down next trip and send it parcel post to Sawyers." (Chronological History of the Klamath National Forest, Vol. III, 1921-1930)
April 30, 1931: "The forest service crew has cleared the trail to the Mary Blaine lookout station." (Siskiyou Daily News)
July 7, 1931: "(Clyde Lewis Diary) Inspected Guard Station, then left for Mary Blaine Lookout, checking telephone line all the way. Had dinner with Parker (Mary Blaine Lookout) and then dug holes for telephone poles to hang wire to the lookout building." (Chronological History of the Klamath National Forest, Vol. IV, 1931-1940)
November 14, 1931: "Ranger Lewis notified the Supervisor that he heard that Supervisor Barnum of the Trinity Forest was going to abandon the Mary Blaine Mountain Lookout. Since this serves the Klamath, could position be established and financed on the Klamath Forest?" (Chronological History of the Klamath National Forest, Vol. IV, 1931-1940)