SISKIYOU COUNTY
SLATER BUTTE
Klamath National Forest
October 27, 1933: "Morford reported move with five CCC boys and two other carpenters to Slater Butte Lookout to complete construction of the Lookout tower and cab." (Chronological History of the Klamath National Forest, Vol. IV, 1931-1940)
November 4, 1933: A new lookout house being built on Slater Butte in the Happy Camp District by Civilian Conservation Corps labor. (Blue Lake Advocate)
September 6, 1966: "Fire crackled through 1,150 acres of Douglas fir along the Klamath River today, one of a series of scattered blazes in rainless Northern California.
The U.S. Forest Service set up a headquarters 1 ½ miles north of Happy Camp to fight the blaze out of control near the California-Oregon border.
The service called in 500 men, 14 bulldozers, a dozen ground tankers, four aerial tankers and two helicopters.
By dawn the men held about 31 miles of fire line with another 28 still open.
A lookout station at Slater Butte was abandoned because it was in the fire's path." (The Modesto Bee)
September 6, 1966: "Fire crackled through 1,150 acres of Douglas fir along the Klamath River today, one of a series of scattered blazes in rainless Northern California.
The U.S. Forest Service set up a headquarters 1 ½ miles north of Happy Camp to fight the blaze out of control near the California-Oregon border.
The service called in 500 men, 14 bulldozers, a dozen ground tankers, four aerial tankers and two helicopters.
By dawn the men held about 31 miles of fire line with another 28 still open.
A lookout station at Slater Butte was abandoned because it was in the fire's path." (The Modesto Bee)
June 26, 1967: "Mrs. Lawrence Young has been substituting at the Slater Butte Lookout station in the absence of Mrs. Ann Wilson who became quite ill with the flu, having to leave the station to receive medical attention and recuperate. Mrs. Young, with her husband, manned the lookout for many years before Mr. Young's health forced him to retire." (The Times-Standard)