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SPEAKER_04: Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica. This month we're talking about adventurers, women who refuse to be confined. They push the boundaries of where a woman could go and how she could get there. Today we're talking about the first woman employed by the US Forest Service as a fire lookout. She spent years peering out from a peak, high above, searching for signs of destructive fires. She did so with great pluck and an immense sense of responsibility. Let's talk about Hallie Daggett. Hallie Daggett was born in the late 19th century in Northern California. Her father, John Daggett, owned and operated several large gold mines near Sawyer's Bar, a mining community in the Klamath Mountains of California. John also entered politics, so Hallie was educated on the importance of the arts and the arts. He was a man of many different things, so Hallie was educated as a San Francisco society woman. But her greatest love was the wilderness of her forest home. Hallie and her siblings spent their childhood roaming the mountains and trails around their home. They all learned to ride, fish, hunt, and trap at an early age. Even as a child, Hallie despised the fires that occasionally swept through and scarred the landscape, which is why many years later, in 1913, Hallie seized an unusual opportunity. The nearby Klamath National Forest had a vacancy at their Eddie Gulch lookout station, a solitary job keeping an eye out for smoke and fires during the summer months. When word reached Hallie that the lookout had quit, she submitted an application to the assistant fire ranger, M.H. McCarthy. McCarthy wrote to his supervisor to tell him of the three candidates he was considering. The first two, he reported, were not ideal. One was rude, the other had failing eyesight. The third applicant, he warned, is also no gentleman. The novelty of the proposition may perhaps take your breath away, and I hope your heart is strong enough to stand the shock. The applicant was no other than Miss Hallie Morse Daggett, a wide awake woman of 30 years who knows and has traversed every trail on the Salmon River watershed, and is thoroughly familiar with every foot of the district. While McCarthy's recommendation rightfully described Hallie's skillset, it reflected sexist expectations of the time. Women were expected to be docile, passive homemakers, and supporters of their husbands. Men were the ones expected to be hardy and capable of doing the grueling work typical in the Forest Service. Very few women worked for the Forest Service, at least not on record. Some male employees admitted to passing off the clerical work they disliked doing to their wives. Women also regularly accompanied their husbands into the fields and helped by cooking or assisting in fire management duties. Their labor was a very difficult job Their labor was not paid for and rarely acknowledged. When Hallie reported for duty at Eddy Gulch on June 1st, 1913, she knew her employment was an experiment for the agency. Many thought that the isolation, wildfire, and storms would get to her. But Hallie wasn't really afraid of anything. Her solitary wood cabin sat at 6,444 feet of elevation, far from any sign of human life. That high up, Hallie frequently endured electrical storms. She would call Ranger McCarthy to report conditions, and he would ask, weren't you scared? She would reply, why no, it was exciting while it lasted and I love to watch the display. It was simply grand. Hallie spent all day taking note of the changing vistas before her. She watched the woods and valleys shift in color throughout the day. She said she loved the constantly spreading fairy-tinted carpet of wildflowers to the very edges of the snowbanks. When she discovered signs of fire, it was often at night, when they looked like red stars in the blue-black background of moonless nights. In her first season as lookout, she spotted as many as 40 fires. Under her watch, fewer than five acres burned. Ranger McCarthy wrote, had one less faithful been on the lookout, it might easily have been 5,000. The first woman guardian of the National Forests is one big glorious success. Hallie reported for duty for 15 years. She devoted herself to the conservation and protection of these forests. She wrote, to women who loved the ballroom and the glitter of city life, this work would never appeal. But to me, it is work more than useful. It is a grand and glorious vacation outing, for the very lifeblood of these great foliated mountains surges through my veins. I like it, I love it, and that's why I'm here. Hallie retired in 1927. Her long service would not have been possible without her sister, Leslie, who hiked nine miles each week to deliver Hallie supplies and mail. In 1951, the people of the town of Etna, California built Hallie a small cabin next to her sister's as a thank you for her years protecting the local forests. She lived in that house until her death in October of 1964. All month, we're talking about adventurers. For more information, find us on Facebook and Instagram at Wamanica Podcasts. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. Talk to you tomorrow.
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