SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
ZACA PEAK
Los Padres National Forest
January 29, 1916: "Plans for stringing eighteen more miles of telephone wires in the Santa Barbara forest reserve are being worked out by Forest Supervisor J. R. Hall.
One of the new lines will reach from the Zaca Peak lookout station to the Willman ranch on the Sisquoc. This line will be thirteen miles long and will give telephone service to one of the most distant and most inaccessible parts of the reserve.
With the new connections, the lookout man at Zaca mountain can flash news of any forest fires sighted up the Sisquoc and thus save several hours time in reaching the blaze." (The Santa Maria Times)
One of the new lines will reach from the Zaca Peak lookout station to the Willman ranch on the Sisquoc. This line will be thirteen miles long and will give telephone service to one of the most distant and most inaccessible parts of the reserve.
With the new connections, the lookout man at Zaca mountain can flash news of any forest fires sighted up the Sisquoc and thus save several hours time in reaching the blaze." (The Santa Maria Times)
July 13, 1917: "The forestry service lookout station in the northern part of the county has been moved from Zaca Peak to the top of Figueroa mountain where James Goodchild will watch for fires until winter rains.
J.R. Hall, forest supervisor, today said that the Figueroa lookout station commands a broader view of forest land and is more accessible. The water supply on Figueroa mountain is better than the supply on Zaca Peak. -- Santa Ynez Argus." (The Lompoc Record)