How to Rent a Fire Lookout in the Pacific Northwest

During the mid-1970s to late 1980s, Tish McFadden worked for the United States Forest Service as an anthropologist and historian. She worked to preserve historic and prehistoric cultural sites, artifacts and architecture on public lands in the Intermountain and Pacific Northwest Regions. In 1988, after many years of fieldwork and federal employment, Tish put her attention to entrepreneurial pursuits and founded a music business in Ashland, Oregon called Rum Tum Music Company. In addition to teaching, performing, composing, and recording music, she writes lyrical stories for children and enjoys camping in the backcountry with her grown sons and big, gentle dogs. Tom Foley was born and reared on a small farm in the west of Ireland, but has spent much of his life traveling and working in other parts of the globe. He now lives with his son, Nino, in Ashland, Oregon, where he works as—among other things—a father, writer, photographer, and storyteller.

PREFACE


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ENJOYING YOUR ADVENTURE


WHAT TO BRING




The Rentals


Seattle/Olympia—Olympic National Forest




Hamma Hamma Cabin
Interrorem Ranger Cabin
Louella Cabin
Seattle/Bellingham—Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest



Evergreen Mountain Lookout
Portland/Tacoma—Gifford Pinchot National Forest



Peterson Prairie Guard Station
Government Mineral Springs Guard Station
Portland/The Dalles—Mt. Hood National Forest



Fivemile Butte Lookout
Flag Point Lookout
Clear Lake Lookout
Lost Lake Cabins
Bend/Sisters—Deschutes National Forest



Green Ridge Lookout
Prineville/Paulina—Ochoco National Forest



Cold Springs Guard Station
Lookout Mountain Bunkhouses
Eugene/Bend—Willamette National Forest



Warner Mountain Lookout
Timpanogas Shelter
Indian Ridge Lookout
Fish Lake Remount Depot Commissary Cabin
Fish Lake Remount Depot Hall House
Box Canyon Guard Station
Roseburg/Medford—Umpqua National Forest



Acker Rock Lookout
Pickett Butte Lookout
Whisky Camp
Butler Butte Cabin
Fairview Peak Lookout Tower
Musick Guard Station
Grants Pass/Crescent City—Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest



Snow Camp Lookout
Packers Cabin
Ludlum House
Quail Prairie Lookout
Lake of the Woods Lookout
Rainbow Creek Tent
Pearsoll Peak Lookout
Bolan Mountain Lookout
Bald Knob Lookout
Onion Mountain Lookout
Imnaha Cabin
Willow Prairie Cabin
Walla Walla/Pendleton—Umatilla National Forest



Ditch Creek Guard Station
Tamarack Lookout Cabin
Clearwater Lookout Cabin
Clearwater Big House Cabin
Godman Guard Station
Wenatchee Guard Station
Fry Meadow Guard Station
Summit Guard Station Bunkhouse
Miner’s Retreat
Congo Gulch Cabin
Hilltop Hideaway
Baker City/La Grande—Wallowa-Whitman National Forest



Two Color Guard Station
Moss Springs Guard Station
Antlers Guard Station
Peavy Cabin
Anthony Lakes Guard Station
Boundary Guard Station
John Day/Burns—Malheur National Forest



Murderer’s Creek Work Center
Fall Mountain Lookout
Deer Creek Guard Station
Bend/Klamath Falls—Fremont National Forest



Hager Mountain Lookout
Aspen Cabin
Drake Peak Lookout
Currier Guard Station
Bald Butte Lookout
Pendleton/La Grande—Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area



Totem Bunkhouse—Emigrant Springs
One-Room Rustic Cabins—Emigrant Springs
Two-Room Rustic Cabins—Emigrant Springs


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