New sign at Mt Hebo AFS, OR

Contributed by Steve Weatherly

The Siuslaw National Forest (US Forest Service) unveiled an Interpretive Sign atop Mt Hebo this past Friday 8 Aug 14. When Mt Hebo AFS closed the site was returned to nature and for almost 30 years all visitors have seen of the site has been an empty meadow. The Sign lets visitors know that we were there and what we did!

The photo below shows the actual unveiling done by two Mt Hebo AFS vets. One was there in the 50s (on right) and one in the 70s (on left). These were the decades that Mt Hebo AFS and the 689th were active.

Download the PDF file to see the pictures and text on the sign.

You can see the location of the Sign on www.ocrg.org/camerapages/cameras.html See Site 1: Mt Hebo. The video is on the Gate/Entrance Cam Video . Today (10 Aug 14) I watched visitors stop and view the Sign. The sign location is just below the horizon towards the top of the frame and about a quarter of the way from the left to the right of the frame. Much easier to locate when a vehicle is parked and people are by the sign. You can see them reach out to the Sign. Sorry we ran out of time at the interviews (to many stories).