TRAINING 

 Early Interest in Forestry 



Granger: My interest in forestry began when I was a 

 youth living in Pasadena, California. There was 

 then a forest reserve, now the Angeles National 

 Forest, embracing the nearby mountains* My first 

 interest was in observing the forest fires, then 

 crudely fought by men sent by the county or hired 

 by the local ranger. Fortunately none of these 

 fires during that period was of the vast proportions 

 of those which devastated large areas in later years, 

 However, the brushfields were then, as now, of 

 extreme importance as a ground cover on the water 

 sheds of Pasadena and other communities, and any 

 fire was bad. 



One of the &quot;fringe benefits&quot; of those fires 

 accrued to the owner of Grimes Cigar Store on the 

 corner of Colorado Street and Fair Oaks Avenue in 

 Pasadena. He would cash fire-fighters pay checks 

 at a ten percent discount! 



My fondness for the out-of-doors decidedly 



