Hallie was born into a wealthy family in Liberty, CA in 1878 and died in Etna, CA in 1964. Despite her affluent upbringing, she was comfortable fishing, hunting, trapping, and riding on the Klamath National Forest in Northern California. In 1913 she beat out two male candidates for the position at Eddy’s Gulch Lookout on Klamath Peak. Hallie became the first female fire lookout hired by the US Forest Service, at a time when typically wives would accompany their forester husbands to work sites without becoming paid employees. Her love of the mountains and solitude made Hallie perfectly suited for the job, and she returned to the lookout each summer for 15 years. She was brave, dedicated to her duties, and a hard worker, and therefore she helped open the way for more women to gain employment on the National Forests. Credit to fs.usda.gov for info and reference photo.