Fire Lookouts & Mountain Climbing in Oregon 1920-1948: A Collection of Stories and Pictures

The job of a fire lookout was usually an isolated and physically demanding job, living with no electricity, or running water. In the early 1900's lookouts were often staffed by schoolteachers or college students during the summer. Such was the case for Curtis E. Gould who was a teacher by trade, a mountain climbing hobbyist in his spare time, and a fire lookout in the Mt. Hood National Forest during the summers of the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's. His pictures, notes, poems and accounts give a glimpse into a profession that is quickly fading away into a past most don't remember and have never experienced.

Author: Curtis E. Gould, Tim Gould
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 08/22/2017
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.31d
ISBN13: 9781545205167
ISBN10: 1545205167
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers

About the Author
Born in 1899, Curtis E. Gould was an all-around adventurer who flew his own small plane across the U.S., rode his motorcycle around the perimeter of the States, and climbed all of the major mountain peaks in the Pacific Northwest - summiting the last at age 64. He lived most of his life in the Columbia River Gorge area and stayed active and energetic well into his eighties.

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