Fire lookouts -- Maine
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Clayton Weymouth, interviewed by Joyce Butler
Series
Abstract
1251 Clayton Weymouth, interviewed by Joyce Butler, June 22, 1977, West Newfield, Maine. Weymouth, who in 1947 was Warden of Forestry Department District #1, talks about the fires of 1947; being loaned a Jeep for no cost; the Newfield fire coming from New Hampshire; fire losses in Newfield; two fatal accidents due to the fire; effectiveness of bulldozing fire breaks; making a fire truck after the fire; devaluation of land in Newfield; rebuilding after the fire; state-level improvements after...
Dates:
1976-1980
Paul C. Ware Mountain Journal
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0754-sc
Abstract
A handwritten daily journal of a fire spotter in Maine. It includes personal memoirs and official records during the summers Paul Ware was a watchman for fires. Included also are a map, a newspaper clipping about the phasing out of fire rangers, and photographs.
Dates:
1956-1971
