COLORADO LOOKOUTS
DEADMAN
Larimer County
Roosevelt National Forest
Roosevelt National Forest
July 21, 1951: "Joie George has just been informed that her scholarship to Colorado A and M college had been renewed for another year by the Society of Army Daughters. The Greeley high school graduate will be a sophomore next year, majoring in home economics.
Miss George's father, the late Lt. Col. Otto C. George, was killed in action in China during World War II in 1942. Her mother is Mrs. Bernice George of Greeley. Mrs. George, Joie and her brother, Dick came to Greeley to live in 1944 from Hiawatha, Kan. Out of all the small cities in the United States, Mrs. George selected Greeley for their home because of its many cultural and educational advantages.
Aug. 1, the Georges will climb the trail to Dead Man lookout, in the Red Feather Lakes region. They will be fire watchers there as they were before in the summers of 1944 and 1945. Mrs George will remain at the lookout thru September but Dick will come down just before Greeley schools open and Joie a little later to get ready for college.
Living on top of a mountain watching for fires day and night seems a dreary existence to the uninitiated, but the Georges declare they "love it," and are anticipating the return to the familiar spot." (The Greeley Daily Tribune)
Miss George's father, the late Lt. Col. Otto C. George, was killed in action in China during World War II in 1942. Her mother is Mrs. Bernice George of Greeley. Mrs. George, Joie and her brother, Dick came to Greeley to live in 1944 from Hiawatha, Kan. Out of all the small cities in the United States, Mrs. George selected Greeley for their home because of its many cultural and educational advantages.
Aug. 1, the Georges will climb the trail to Dead Man lookout, in the Red Feather Lakes region. They will be fire watchers there as they were before in the summers of 1944 and 1945. Mrs George will remain at the lookout thru September but Dick will come down just before Greeley schools open and Joie a little later to get ready for college.
Living on top of a mountain watching for fires day and night seems a dreary existence to the uninitiated, but the Georges declare they "love it," and are anticipating the return to the familiar spot." (The Greeley Daily Tribune)
June 13, 1956: "Bob Well again will be in charge of the Deadman Fire Lookout tower west of Red Feather Lakes. Forest Service workers are busy opening the road, repairing radio equipment and getting ready for the opening of the tower. This is the third year Bob has served as lookout man." (Fort Collins Coloroan)