Reminiscences of Dave Tozer about working at a fire lookout station on Dog Mountain, Washington, for the U.S. Forest Service in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The reminiscences include reproductions of photographs taken during that time.

Oral history interviews and written recollections gathered by the Oregon Historical Society after the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, as part of a project to preserve memories of the mountain before it erupted. Participants in the project include lodge owners and employees, timber workers, and a fire lookout; visitors to lodges and youth camps near the mountain; mountaineers, hikers, and skiers; and a geologist who studied Mount St. Helens.