Hiking 45 miles in Washington's Cascades to meet one of the last fire lookouts in the world and explore the wildfire that saved American forests.

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Special thanks:
Russ Dalton
Ruth Fremson

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Further Reading:
Timothy Egan - The Big Burn: https://www.timothyeganbooks.com/the-...
Forest Service - 1910 Fire: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_...
Forest Service - Fire Towers: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r1/rec...
NPR: https://www.npr.org/2019/09/15/749547...
New York Times - Russ Dalton: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/28/us...

Images:
University of Idaho: https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/bi...
National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/14872...
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Fire lookouts - National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7105267
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Fire Lookouts - Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.wa05...
https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ca15...
https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.wa05...
https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.wa02...
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US Forest Service

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Graphics:
Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3902p.c...
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3902n.c...

Articles:
1910 fire: https://www.newspapers.com/article/th...
https://www.newspapers.com/article/th...
https://www.newspapers.com/article/lo...
Lake/campground: https://www.newspapers.com/article/th...
https://www.newspapers.com/article/th...
https://www.newspapers.com/article/tr...
Forest Service: https://www.newspapers.com/article/re...
https://www.newspapers.com/article/al...
https://www.newspapers.com/article/sa...
https://www.newspapers.com/article/th...
https://www.newspapers.com/article/th...
https://www.newspapers.com/article/th...
https://www.newspapers.com/article/ca...
Smokies tower restoration: https://www.newspapers.com/article/th...
https://www.newspapers.com/article/th...

Track list:
Hannah Parrott - Sacred Rhythm
Makeup and Vanity Set - Father / Son
Tony Anderson - In the Distance
Greg Thomas - Here We Are
Jacob Lavallee - The Vanishing Point
Tony Anderson - Nocturne in Paris

0:00 - Intro
1:46 - The Great Fire
4:25 - Journey to the Lookout
6:18 - The Lookout
12:02 - Lookouts Today

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