SIERRA COUNTY
ALASKA PEAK
 1939 - USFS, Mark Swift Collection |
November 20, 1936: "Another owl-eyed lookout is Leo Chatfield on Alaska Peak in the Tahoe. At 2:30 am he spotted a fire starting in heavy reproduction which was held to three acres. Another fire was picked up at dusk in a canyon and without a cross shot gave a perfect location. During a lightning storm at 3:55 am he sent the boys to nine fires and they held them to small acreage. He has a slogan to the effect that fires are like thieves - you got to watch them but another factor of his success is said to be his evening diet of watermelon and beer. There may be something to that." (California Ranger)
November 2, 1959: "Evacuated families were back in their homes today after the communities of Camptonville and Pike and outlying mining camps were reported safe from the main body of the fire which has swept over 16,415 acres of forest land in Tahoe National Forest.
Several buildings and a lookout station were burned during the weekend, but the area is now considered out of danger." (Appeal-Democrat - Marysville)
GRANITE PEAK
MILLS PEAK
Plumas National Forest
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POVERTY HILL
 1914 - USFS, Mark Swift Collection |
SADDLEBACK MOUNTAIN
 no date - USFS, Mark Swift Collection |
 July 2009 - Ron Kemnow photo
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SIERRA BUTTES
Tahoe National Forest
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VERDI PEAK
Tahoe National Forest
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