And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
"Built in 1934, the Burley Mountain fire lookout stands about 5,100 feet above sea level and looks over miles of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest (state of Washington). It’s still used in the summer for fire detection on occasion and is also available for overnight rentals."
Dad worked one in the the Idaho Sawtooths, I have a photo somewhere, where he had his USFS horse next to the lookout. One horsepower, Major methane greenhouse gas problem. How many forest fires did they quell? Oh, but I digress.
Nice!
ReplyDeleteLooks very much like the shacks I used to occupy when guarding ammo dumps in the army in germany mid 70's.
ReplyDeleteIt's an old fire lookout station. Some can be rented by the day.
ReplyDeleteI could live there
ReplyDelete"Built in 1934, the Burley Mountain fire lookout stands about 5,100 feet above sea level and looks over miles of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest (state of Washington). It’s still used in the summer for fire detection on occasion and is also available for overnight rentals."
ReplyDeleteMay have been a struggle involved for those old boys that hot that material up there. 1934...I'm thinking mules, maybe?
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ReplyDeleteDad worked one in the the Idaho Sawtooths, I have a photo somewhere, where he had his USFS horse next to the lookout. One horsepower, Major
ReplyDeletemethane greenhouse gas problem. How many forest fires did they quell? Oh, but I digress.