ODELL MOUNTAIN
Beaverhead County - Beaverhead National Forest - 3S-13W-18
August 18, 1916: "Garf Pomeroy of Wisdom spend Sunday night as the guest of his brother, Cecil Pomeroy, at the Odell Lookout station." (The Dillon Tribune)
June 7, 1934: "Construction has started on thirteen miles of new telephone line which is to extend from Elkhorn springs to a point in the Grasshopper section where it connects with the Southern Montana telephone service between Dillon and the Springs. Another line is being strung from O'Dell lookout to Wisdom." (The Dillon Tribune)
August 23, 1934: "Mickey Doyle, lookout for the O'Dell ranger station in the Big Hole basin, is in town for a few days while receiving medical attention for a broken finger." (The Dillon Tribune)
June 17, 1936: "John Bailey has been appointed to the O'Dell look-out and will assume his duties Monday." (The Dillon Examiner)
September 21, 1939: "Monday Fred Haskins, who was stationed at the Odell lookout during the past season, left for Centralia, Wash." (The Dillon Tribune)
August 29, 1940: "Bob Lee who has been stationed at O'Dell lookout during the summer, returned to Wisdom this week. Mr. Lee will teach in the upper grades of the Wisdom school during the coming school year." (The Dillon Tribune)
September 19, 1940: "Charles Haines, who had been located at O'Dell lookout, has given up his post for the season. Recent rains made the watches no longer necessary." (The Dillon Tribune)
July 17, 1941: "Fire precautions in the Wisdom forest district commenced last week with the cessation of the heavy rains. Lookouts were placed: Ronald Schulz of Big Timber, who is a student at the University at Missoula, is at O'Dell." (The Dillon Tribune)
July 7, 1943: "Dale Dart of Dillon assumed his duties at the O'Dell lookout in the mountains east of Wisdom." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
July 26, 1944: "Henry Tiel of Roundup is the O'Dell lookout this year." (The Dillon Examiner)
August 9, 1944: "Mr. and Mrs. Homer Husten, both of whom lived in the Big Hole as children have taken the post at the O'Dell lookout to the east of Wisdom." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
May 28, 1946: "Mr. and Mrs. Myrrell Redding and family arrived last week and are located at the Steel creek ranger station where Mr. Redding will serve as improvement maintenance man and also at the O'Dell lookout." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
September 8, 1949: "Recent rains in the Big Hole made it possible to close the lookouts in the mountains and Herb Brindt, who watches from the O'Dell lookout, descended from the high post the first of this week." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
July 1, 1952: "Scotty Stubbens of Dillon arrived this week to take his summer job at O'Dell lookout on the range east of Wisdom." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
July 16, 1953: "Fire lookouts recently opened were Odell Lookout in the mountains east of Wisdom with Pete Haldron of Albany, N.Y., a student of Forestry in the Syracuse University, as lookout." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
September 11, 1953: "Pete Halleron of New York, who watched on Odell, left two weeks ago to resume his studies in college in Syracuse. He is majoring in forestry. LaVern Reamer of Wisdom took his place on the lookout during the last two weeks." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
June 30, 1954: "James Laux of Missoula will be on O'Dell look-out." (The Dillon Examiner)
September 8, 1954: "Malcolm Davis, who has been working for the forest service this summer, left Monday for Odell lookout. He will be stationed there until Sept. 22, after which he will return to his home in Moston, Mass." (The Dillon Examiner)
September 15, 1954: "Work is being done on the O'Dell lookout east of Wisdom by Vern Weller and a crew. This work started a year ago. The lookout will be raised about 30 feet to increase visibility and a cabin built." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
June 12, 1956: Lookouts in the Wisdom Forest District were opened last week. Fred Ebel of Prior Lake, Minn., at Odell lookout.." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
August 6, 1957: "Paul Dickman who is radio technician in the Beaverhead Forest installed an F.M. repeater on the Odell lookout for the purpose of improving radio communication between the Wise River, Wisdom and Jackson areas." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
June 26, 1958: "New employees at the Wisdom ranger station are Charles Groff Jr., of Pittsburg, Pa., who will be at O'Dell lookout." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
July 3, 1961: "The Wisdom Forest Service moved men into Bender and O'Dell lookouts Sunday." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
July 10, 1963: "The Forest Service lookout men were installed at Bender and O'Dell lookouts last week." (The Dillon Daily Tribune)
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