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Obituary
Jim, 88, died March 31, 2021, in Castleford, Idaho. He was born January 14, 1933, in Twin Falls, Idaho. Jim went to school and graduated from Buhl schools, then attended University of Idaho and later received his master's degree at the University of Virginia. He enlisted in the U.S. Army, working in logistics for 28 years. Jim was never without a job. In high school he ran a trap line, setting mouse traps for Buhl businesses. In college he "wrangled" horses for dudes near Stanley, Idaho. Jim surveyed the canal system across the canyon west of Sinking Canyon, and other jobs such as farm work, door to door salesman, tending bars, even selling toasted cheese sandwiches during study hour from his room in the ATO house in Moscow, Idaho. Jim jumped at McCall 1954-54 and Idaho City 1955.
Identifier
Barron_James-Blair_McCall_1953
Publication Date
July 2024
Keywords
Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries
Disciplines
Forest Management
Recommended Citation
National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Barron, James Blair (McCall 1953)" (2024). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1717.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1717
