It had been there since before the experimental forest was established in 1937 and was visible from throughout the Fraser Valley, Sheppard said. I have vacationed in the valley since the 1960s, worked seasonally at the Fraser ExperimentalForest since 1979 and currently own property in the Fraser valley. He told me his father, Fred Pacheco and his uncle, Joe Compagno, built the 16-foot tall monument on Aug. 15, 1932. Joe Compagno, Larry Pacheco’s uncle, pictured when he his brother allegedly built the Sheepherder’s Monument on Aug. 15,, 1932. They left a sign on the Aug. 4, 1968 visit that read: “Built by Joe Compagno and Fred Pacheco”.