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The Illinois Valley Airport, also known as the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base, or even the Cave Junction Airport, was built by the US Forest Service.It operated from 1943 to 1981 as a smokejumper base, during which time the smokejumpers parachuted on 1445 fires for 5390 fire jumps, or about 142 jumps per year. [3]
The locality was incorporated as Cave Junction in 1948, and is the only incorporated area in the Illinois Valley. [5] In 1950 Cave Junction had a population of 283, which decreased to 248 in 1960 and increased to 415 in 1970. Its growth was fast in the 1960s, increasing at an average of 6.8 percent annually.
It is located in Oregon Caves National Monument in southern Oregon, near Cave Junction. The Chateau was designed and built by Gust Lium , a local contractor. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987, the Chateau building is architecturally significant because of its construction and design.
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The next 11 were spent as the smokejumper base manager for the North Cascades Smokejumper base in Winthrop, Wash. Houston is currently an instructor for Mission-Centered Solutions in Parker, Colorado. [27] 8. John Twiss (2009–present): John Twiss began working as a seasonal employee for the National Park Service at Yellowstone National Park ...
In the television show Entourage, Vincent Chase lands a lead role in an action film called Smokejumpers in an episode airing in 2008. [21] Smokejumpers are described in Philip Connor's 2011 book Fire Season. [22] Author Nora Roberts's 2011 novel Chasing Fire details the lives and loves of a group of smokejumpers at Missoula Smokejumper Base. [23]
English: Mann Gulch Fire, 1949 US Forest Service Smokejumpers - 13 victims. Memorical photo portraits of 13 US Forest Service smokerjumpers who died in the Mann Gulch Fire, August 1949. Gates of the Mountains Wild Area, Montana.
It is sited on 480 acres (1.9 km 2) in upper Cave Creek Canyon with elevations ranging from 3,800 feet (1,200 m) to 5,450 feet (1,660 m) above sea level. Cave Creek originates inside the Oregon Caves emerges near the Chateau. The creek flows westward through a steep canyon out of the monument. [6]