PACIFIC COUNTY
COWAN PEAK
Washington State Department of Forestry
11N-9W-22
11N-9W-22
June 18, 1952: "A new forest fire lookout in Pacific county will be named in honor of Maj. C.S. Cowan, manager of the Washington Forest Fire Association.
The Keep Washington Green Committee announced Monday the tower overlooking timber stands north of the Columbia River will be named Cowan Peak. It will be operated co-operatively by the Washington Forest Fire Association, the State Division of Forestry and the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
Cowan is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a trustee of the Keep Washington Green Committee." (The Daily Chronicle)
The Keep Washington Green Committee announced Monday the tower overlooking timber stands north of the Columbia River will be named Cowan Peak. It will be operated co-operatively by the Washington Forest Fire Association, the State Division of Forestry and the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
Cowan is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a trustee of the Keep Washington Green Committee." (The Daily Chronicle)
June 19, 1952: "Major C.S. Cowan, manager of the Washington Forest Fire association, and internationally famous forester, will be honored by the dedication of a new forest fire lookout in Pacific county. The tower has been named Cowan Peak.
Cowan Peak Lookout will be operated cooperatively by the Washington Forest Fire association, the State Division of Forestry, and the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. The lookout commands a sweeping view of valuable timber stands and young growth lying north of the Columbia river, and will greatly increase the efficiency of fire protection agencies in that area." (The Issaquah Press)
February 23, 1953: "Winds which reached 112 miles per hour during the three-day storm in mid-January caused so much damage that Weyerhaeuser Timber Company's logging program for the year has undergone major revision.
The most concentrated damage was in the vicinity of Cowan peak near Naselle. The Washington Forest Fire Association lookout on the peak was demolished by the storm and a 112-miles-per-hour velocity was recorded, just before the anemometer was blown away." (Longview Daily News)
July 2, 1959: "State Land Commissioner Bert Cole reported Thursday that William F. Glover, 21-year-old forest lookout, was apparently overcome by heating gas at his station on Cowan Peak in Pacific County." (Longview Daily News)
July 31, 1959: "Overcome by heating gas, a young forest lookout died Thursday in his station on Cowan Peak in western Pacific County.
He was William F. Glover, 21, Raymond, a student at Central Washington College, Ellensburg.
Glover's plight was discovered after he failed to respond to radio calls from other lookout towers in the area.
When he was found unconscious a resuscitator from Nasalle Air Force Base Station was carried to the Cowan Peak lookout. But Glover was pronounced dead by Dr, John Campiche of Ilwaco.
The young lookout was completing his first week's work with the State Department of Natural Resources." (The Daily Chronicle)
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