SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
MOUNT SOLOMON
Los Padres National Forest
April 13, 1934: "County forestry department lookouts will man a new station to be constructed soon on Mt. Solomon, south of Santa Maria, by the federal government, it was announced by the forestry department yesterday.
At an elevation of approximately 2,000 feet, the new station will command a view of all surrounding country, including Santa Maria valley, Cuyama valley, Sisquoc district, the Manzana, San Antonio country and Santa Ynez valley.
About $2500 will be spent for the station, including all instruments, officials said." (The Lompoc Record)
At an elevation of approximately 2,000 feet, the new station will command a view of all surrounding country, including Santa Maria valley, Cuyama valley, Sisquoc district, the Manzana, San Antonio country and Santa Ynez valley.
About $2500 will be spent for the station, including all instruments, officials said." (The Lompoc Record)
April 27, 1934: "One lookout now is being constructed on Mount Solomon." (The Lompoc Record)
December 23, 1948: "Grandma Bessie Hampton, 54, has climbed down from her glass-enclosed watch tower for another winter.
For four summers now, she and her dog Rover have maintained a 24-hour-a-day vigil atop Mt. Solomon, 1,336 feet above the ocean. She turns her spyglasses on the surrounding forests between Pacific Coast highway 101 and the sea, reporting suspicious smoke to the fire warden.
Grandma, who boasts 12 grandchildren, got in training with 12-hour shifts at a war-time aircraft warning post. She opens the fire tower about May 15 and closes it in November each year.
Now she's set for a winter of traveling." (Kokomo Tribune)
