Sand Mountain Society

Historic Preservation Team

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Fire lookouts Gallery

Don Sr at Watchman 2010
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Ernie & Co head out from trailhead '05, IMG_2219
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Bill Joy at H-berry
Bill on woodstove detail
Bruce doing first trowel
Bruce on chopsaw @ SMLO, IMG_2193
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Carl and east garage copy
Carpenter LO w fall color, 1004_1399
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Chris cuts first board
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Dave Knutson and Tim
Dave Knutson cuts big log, 060713
Dave on west garage
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Huckleberry

The SMS will defer to Pete Cecil as to feasibility of salvaging the cabin remains, and—if he feels a salvage operation is feasible—we will ask for his participation in the salvage effort. 

Pearsoll Peak

The SMS will defer to Pete Cecil as to feasibility of salvaging the cabin remains, and—if he feels a salvage operation is feasible—we will ask for his participation in the salvage effort. 

Carpenter

The SMS will defer to Pete Cecil as to feasibility of salvaging the cabin remains, and—if he feels a salvage operation is feasible—we will ask for his participation in the salvage effort. 

Fire lookouts Gallery

Bull of the Woods

The
SMS will defer to Pete Cecil as to feasibility of salvaging the cabin
remains, and—if he feels a salvage operation is feasible—we will ask for his participation in the salvage effort.

Sand Mountain

The original SMS project, the relocation of Whisky Peak Lookout to Sand Mountain was the first of many such efforts to address… MORE

Gold Butte

Some of those photos and a brief narrative were forwarded to Pete Cecil electronically on May 26, 2008, and a full array of photos on disk was mailed today (May 27) for his review. 

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Dave on west garage
Whisky Peak LO
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History

Sand Mountain is a prominent landmark along the Historic Santiam Wagon Road in Santiam Pass, and has been used as a primary fire lookout since the early days of the Forest Service, beginning in the 1920s.

Awards

Sand Mountain Society (SMS) has received numerous awards, including the Doug Newman Award (2003), Historic Preservation Award (Mt. Hood National Forest 2005); USFS Windows on the Past Award (2007), and; Oregon Heritage Excellence Award (State Historic Preservation Office 2014).

Black Butte cupola, 042916
Don.plus.Jeff.lite.115-1, B Poet photo
pearsoll chopper over Lo
Brian restoring outhouse
Teresa painting, IMG_0322

partnership

The SMS and USFS entered a partnership to protect the natural resources of the heritage and fragile geologic resources of the Sand Mountain Volcanic Alignment.

preservation

The Sand Mountain Society has subsequently worked on several heritage preservation projects throughout the Pacific Northwest, and their volunteers donate hundreds of hours of labor to these projects each year.

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