Doug Firman
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RE: Round Lake Trail from Rho Ridge

Kirk, it very well might have had something to do with the Hawk Mtn LO. The panorama photo from Hawk Mtn shows that the view to the NW toward Round...

7 years ago
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RE: Austin Hot Springs and PGE

The first story is in Vera Lynch's book "Free Land for Free Men: A Story of Clackamas County." The second is in a PGE report: "History of Portland Ge...

8 years ago
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RE: Baty Butte

While checking out the website www.firetower.org I noticed a listing for Baty Butte which states: "The first lookout on this site was a tent with a...

8 years ago
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RE: Updated Historical Pages

Looks really good, Rob. Nice to have things so well organized. (Although I did kind of enjoy the disorganization before - it was like looking throug...

8 years ago
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RE: 1920 USFS pamphlet

Rob, I agree, this was an interesting publication to read. And there are quite a few more really old Forest Service pamphlets and reports availabl...

8 years ago
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RE: Old Lookout Photos

I think "H.I." means height of instrument. It's the ground elevation plus the height of the camera lens above it. It's a surveying term, an importan...

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RE: Collawash Mtn trails

The trail and phone line to the top of Collawash Mtn had a purpose, presumably serving a temporary fire watch site on the exposed ridge. If so, I won...

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RE: Collawash Mtn trails

Paul, Good to know that there's another piece of the Rho Ridge trail still intact. There's been so much logging in that area that it might be hard...

8 years ago
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