fire lookout – Dave Olson's Creative Life Archive

The History of Female Fire Lookouts (via Smithsonian)…

March 29, 2021

More about history of Fire Lookouts and their mountain perches, this one from the Smithsonian focusing on intrepid women doing

September 4, 2020

(Just another) article about Fire Lookouts, origins, backstories, notable residents and how to rent… by Ben Goldfarb (original date Sept.

April 2, 2020

…I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of “thinking” and “enjoying” what they

September 14, 2016

(Yet another yet very welcome) article about Beat Poets working as Fire Lookouts in North Cascades. Desolation Lookout Jack Kerouac’s

August 30, 2016

Mountain Fire Lookouts in the next topic. Fans of Beat Lit heroes are no doubt aware that Gary Snyder, Jack

June 15, 2010

More about Fire lookout tower in Cascadia… the low down the mechanics of running these operations and the rugged folks