Fire Watch Summer, 1966: My summer spent on Oregon Fire Towers

By Barbara A. Carlock Kyle

Details about my life on fire towers after graduation in Union, Oregon. Taking care of a little sister Julie, while another sister Bonnie was dying of a malignant brain tumor. Times have changed. There maybe a cure for her type of cancer, and fire towers are mostly used as rentals. In Idaho I know there are still has some in use. Glass Hill, La Grande, Oregon, is no longer standing, it fell in 1984. The property was sold to someone to use as a cabin. My story, a family story, as oldest child of 4 girls, a lot was required. I was just starting life, and taking care of sisters I loved, I experienced courtship from Dick at the second fire tower, Tip Top at Kamela, Umatilla County, Oregon. We dated for 3 months, and then a marriage was arranged for me by mom. It didn't last, a heart loves who it loves. I married my childhood sweetheart, and my 3 children and I lost him in a Railroad fire. God sent Kelly to us in 1992 through my little sister Julie. Together we have 5 children, 4 with children of their own.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08NQDBW91
• ISBN13: 9798566004679
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"