1970-1981

Historic Siskiyou Smokejumper Base, Cave Junction, Oregon

Siskiyou Smokejumper Base - barracks left, north warm-up pad upper right
Entrance sign

Good Year blimp passes over Siskiyou Smokejumper Base
Ready pad - Coast Guard training

Smokejumper dispatch in administration building
Glenda Marchant, Master Rigger, Siskiyou Smokejumper Base

Smokejumper equipment check before jump
Smokejumper ready to jump

The spotter uses flags to position plane for the jump
Smokejumper at door of DC-3

Smokejumper leaving plane

Smokejumper with fire below

Smokejumper landing in forest

Smokejumpers working on fire

Supply parachutes

Smokejumper and supply parachutes in trees
Climbing to retrieve smokejumper parachute from tree
Let-down rope from parachute hung up in tree

Smokejumpers packing out gear after fire

Smokejumpers packing out gear after fire - Doug Beck
Lunch at fire camp, Gary Buck

Smokejumper crew after fire

Injured smokejumper

Smokejumper water landing training

DC-3 smokejumpers preparing to jump

Three smokejumpers depart DC3 in rapid succession
Alien smokejumper intake program - Siskiyou Base
Smokejumpers clearing rock for a football field
Smokejumper-emergency-parachute-deployment-training
Smokejumper 1970s

From the archives of the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base Museum Project, 501c3 nonprofit..
Photos by Doug Beck, Wes Brown, Mike Mann and others.

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