MISSOULA COUNTY
SHEEP MOUNTAIN
Lolo National Forest
14N-17W-30
14N-17W-30
August 25, 1925: "Two inches of snow fell Sunday on Sheep mountain east of here up the Blackfoot valley, according to a report from the forest lookout station there. During the rain of several days ago four inches of snow covered the mountain top. The forests received a good soaking during Sunday's storm, it was reported." (The Daily Missoulian)
May 26, 1928: "C. P. Fickes, assistant supervisor employed in forest service improvement work, and Joe Halm, draftsman in the engineering department, will leave the city Monday to go to Superior, where they will go to the top of Sheep mountain to supervise the construction of a new lookout cabin. The cabin to be put up has been designed in the local office and will serve as an experiment to determine the advisability of adopting similar ones for district No. 1 of the forest service. Both men expect to be gone about a week." (The Daily Missoulian)
September 15, 1928: "A total of 13 guard cabins and lookout stations have been completed or are nearing completion on the Lolo forest this year as part of the most ambitious improvement program ever attempted by the Lolo National forest, it was announced yesterday by Supervisor C. D. Simpson who has just returned from an inspection trip over the river districts.
Among the new structures: Sheep mountain." (The Daily Missoulian)
April 22, 1930: "Among the improvement projects of the Missoula forest this summer will be a new lookout to be constructed on Sheep mountain, back of Jumbo, covering the drainages in that vicinity." (The Daily Missoulian)
May 30, 1934: "Lookouts were placed Tuesday as a further means of protection, to warn of fires that may break out. Carl Rooney was sent to the Sheep Mountain lookout." (The Missoulian)
July 11, 1934: "Ralph Hogan is lookout on Sheep Mountain, north and east of Missoula." (The Missoulian)
September 2, 1966: "Airmail service for the Sheep Mountain lookout is reported by J. Penkake, assigned to that elevated point north of Missoula.
The other afternoon, the lookout from his lofty post observed a plane flying low over Twin creeks. Watching it circling the mountain, he thought that it possibly some one was lost in that area.
Then the plane headed around to the west side, swooped and dropped a package almost at the lookout's feet. It proved to contain magazines, sent by a friend, Earl Grazier.
The plane found such a strong down draft from the northwest wind in the Twin creek drainage that the pilot could not climb from the side on which he approached to reach the peak, but was forced to fly around. On top of Sheep Mountain the wind velocity was only 10 miles an hour." (The Missoulian)
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