FOREST LOOKOUTS
  • WESTERN STATES
  • ALASKA
  • ARIZONA
    • Antelope Mountain
    • Apache Maid
    • Atascosa Mountain
    • Aztec Peak
    • Baboquivari
    • Baker Butte
    • Barfoot
    • Bear Mountain
    • Big Lake Knoll
    • Big Springs
    • Bill Williams Mountain
    • Black Pinnacle
    • Black Rock
    • Blue
    • Blue Ridge..
    • Blue Ridge C
    • Blue Ridge Tree
    • Bonita Rock
    • Bright Angel Point
    • Buck Mountain
    • Buckskin
    • Cerro Gordo
    • Chedeski Peak
    • Chevelon Butte
    • Clark Peak
    • Colcord Mountain - 1
    • Colcord Mountain - 2
    • Cooper Ridge - Tree
    • Corral Lake - Tree
    • East Pocket
    • Escudilla
    • Fly Peak
    • Grandview
    • Greens Peak
    • Hopi Point
    • Huachuca Peak
    • Jacob Lake
    • Juniper Ridge
    • Kendrick Peak
    • Lemmon Rock
    • Limestone
    • Madera Peak
    • McFadden Peak
    • Mingus Mountain
    • Monte Vista
    • Morman Lake
    • Mount Baldy
    • Mount Bigelow
    • Mount Eldon
    • Mount Union
    • O'Leary Peak
    • Pat Knoll
    • Promontory Butte
    • Red Butte
    • Rose Peak
    • San Francisco Peaks
    • Soldier Camp
    • Spruce Mountain
    • Spud Rock
    • Sugarloaf Mountain
    • Summit Mountain
    • Volunteer Mountain
    • Webb Peak
  • COLORADO
    • Air Force Academy
    • Alta Mine
    • Archuleta Mesa
    • Badger Mountain
    • Baldy Mountain..
    • Bears Ears
    • Beaver Mountain
    • Benchmark
    • Blue Mountain
    • Burnett Mine
    • Burro Peak
    • Castle Peak
    • Chapin Mesa
    • Cheyenne Mountain
    • Chimney Rock
    • Crown Point
    • Deadman
    • Devil Mountain
    • Devil's Head
    • Eagles Nest
    • Eightmile Mesa
    • Fairview Peak
    • Fire Station #4 (Colorado Springs)
    • Glade Mountain
    • Hahns Peak
    • Jersey Jim
    • Lands End Point
    • Leon Peak
    • Longs Peak
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Midland Hill
    • Monarch Peak
    • Mount Ethel
    • Narraguinnep
    • Owl Mountain
    • Park Point
    • Parkview
    • Pike's Peak
    • Porphyry Mountain
    • Prohibition Mountain
    • Round Top
    • Sandoval Mesa
    • Shadow Mountain
    • Sleepy Cat Mountain
    • Soda Point
    • Squaw Mountain
    • Sugarloaf
    • Thorodin
    • Twin Sisters
    • Walden
    • West White Pine
    • Whites Mesa
    • Williams Peak
    • Zenobia
  • NEBRASKA
    • Crescent Lake (North)
    • Crescent Lake (South)
    • Fort Niobrara NWR (Big Beaver Creek)
    • Fort Niobrara NWR (Headquarters)
    • Eagle Point
    • Scott's
    • Valentine NWR (Hackberry)
    • Valentine NWR (Pony Lake)
    • Winnebago
  • NEW MEXICO
    • Alamo Peak
    • Armstrong
    • Atole
    • Bandelier
    • Barillis Peak
    • Bearhead
    • Bearwallow
    • Black Mountain
    • Block (Smokey Bear)
    • Blue Mountain
    • Bluewater
    • Boiler Peak
    • Bosque Peak
    • Brushy
    • Canjilon
    • Capilla Peak
    • Carracas
    • Carrissa
    • Cedar Springs
    • Cedro Peak
    • Cerro Pelado
    • Cerro Valdez
    • Cienegita
    • Clara Peak
    • Dark Canyon
    • Davenport
    • Deadmans Peak
    • Diamond Peak
    • Eagle Peak
    • El Caso
    • El Morro
    • Encino
    • Five Mile
    • Fox Mountain
    • Gallinas Peak
    • Gavilan Ridge
    • Glorieta Baldy
    • Granite Peak
    • Grass Mountain
    • Grassy Mountain
    • Grouse Mountain
    • Harley Mountain
    • Hermit Peak
    • Highland Park
    • Hillsboro Peak
    • Isleta
    • James Ridge
    • Jicarita Peak
    • Joaquin
    • John Kerr
    • Kiowa Mountain
    • La Mosca Peak
    • Lake Peak
    • Lookout Mountain (Cibola)
    • Lookout Mountain (Gila)
    • Lookout Mountain (Lincoln)
    • Luera Peak
    • Magdalena mountains (N.M. Tech)
    • Mangas
    • Manzano
    • Mayhill
    • McGaffery
    • Mesa de Cuba
    • Mogollon Baldy
    • Monjeau
    • Mount Powell
    • Mount Sedgwick
    • Mount Taylor
    • Mount Withington
    • Mud Spring
    • Negrito Mountain
    • Osborne
    • Oscujra Peak
    • Oso Ridge
    • Parjarita Mountain
    • Picuris
    • Pine Lodge
    • Rabbit Mountain
    • Red Top
    • Reed's Peak
    • Rosilla
    • Ruidoso
    • Sacramento Peak
    • Saddle Mountain
    • San Antonio
    • San Mateo
    • Sierra Blanca
    • Signal Peak
    • Silver
    • South Baldy
    • The Dome
    • Tohatchi
    • Tohnitsha
    • Turkey
    • Tuscon Mountain
    • Wagontongue
    • Washington Pass
    • Weed Ranger Station
    • Wells
    • White's Peak
    • Whitewater Baldy
    • Wirt
    • Wofford
    • General and Misc., New Mexico
  • NEVADA
    • Ella Mountain
    • Fire Sciences Academy
    • McClellan Peak
    • Peavine Mountain
    • Yellow Peak
    • Zephyr Point
    • Alert (Tahoe)
  • NORTH DAKOTA
  • SOUTH DAKOTA
    • Battle Mountain
    • Bear Mountain
    • Boulder Hill
    • Castle Peak
    • Cicero Peak
    • Crows Nest Peak
    • Custer Peak
    • Elk Mountain
    • Flag Mountain
    • Harney Peak
    • LaCreek NWR
    • Lakota Peak
    • Lookout Peak
    • Medicine Butte
    • Moon
    • Mount Coolidge
    • Norris Peak
    • Parker Peak
    • Pilger Mountain
    • Porcupine Butte
    • Rankin Ridge
    • Sand Lake NWR #1
    • Sand Lake NWR #2
    • Seth Bullock
    • Signal Hill
    • South Tower
    • Summit Ridge
    • Terry Peak
    • Veterans
    • Waubay (NWR)
  • UTAH
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bear River M.B.R. (Headquarters)
    • Bear River M.B.R. (Perry Entrance)
    • Brian Head
    • Ensign Peak
    • Hardinger Firetree (Beef tree)
    • Horse Valley Peak
    • Lake Fork Mountain
    • Lava Point
    • Meadow Creek Peak
    • Mt Terrel
    • Ogden Ordinance Depot
    • Mt Timpanogos
    • Salt Lake City (Walker Bank Bldg)
    • Tooele Army Depot
    • Ute Mountain
    • Whipple Peak
    • Wolf Creek Peak
  • WYOMING
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bald Mountain (Big Piney)
    • Baldy Mountain
    • Barrett Ridge
    • Bayer Mountain
    • Bechler
    • Big Game Ridge
    • Black Mountain (Big Horn)
    • Black Mountain (Medicine Bow)
    • Blackhall Mountain
    • Blacktail Butte
    • Blondy Pass
    • Blue Ridge
    • Bow
    • Bradley Mountain
    • Bridger Peak
    • Bunsen Peak
    • Cabin Creek Peak
    • Cement Ridge
    • Clay Butte
    • Clayton Mountain
    • Crow Peak
    • Crow's Nest
    • Dead Indian
    • Deadline Ridge
    • Deadman Mountain
    • Deer Creek Mountain
    • Divide
    • Elk Mountain
    • Elk Peak
    • Esterbrook Hill
    • Fletcher Park
    • Forellen Peak
    • Hawks Rest
    • High Park
    • Homestake
    • Hominy Peak
    • Horseshoe mountain
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Hunters Mesa
    • Hunters Peak
    • Jay's Roost
    • Jelm Mountain
    • Kennaday Peak
    • Little Sheep Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Medicine Bow Peak
    • Monument Ridge
    • Mount Chittenden
    • Mount Holmes
    • Mount Pisgah
    • Mount Sheridan
    • Mount Washburn
    • Munger Mointain
    • Pelican Cone
    • Pinnacle Butte
    • Prospect Peak
    • Red Cloud
    • Seven Mile
    • Sheep Mountain
    • Signal Mountain
    • Slash Ridge
    • Snake River
    • Somber Hill
    • Spalding
    • Spruce Mountain
    • Steamboat Point
    • Two-Ocean Plateau
    • Warm Springs
    • Warren Peaks
    • Wendy Mountain
    • Willow Creek
    • Windy Mountain
    • Wyoming Peak
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ARIZONA LOOKOUTS

MOUNT BALDY

Fort Apache Indian Reservation
January 9, 1914:   "Mt. Baldy and Escudilla are two fire lookout points used to the best advantage by rangers in locating fires, both being connected with telephone -- the latter having on it highest point a fifty foot lookout tower and a ranger's cabin."   (The Copper Era and Morenci Leader)
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​May 28, 1914:   "Up to a few days ago the Supervisor was unable to station a lookout on Mount Baldy on account of the depth of snow near the summit; however a lookout man is now on this point."  (St. Johns Herald and Apache News)

​May 17, 1918:  "Miss Hanna Crosby, of Eager, was the guest of St. Johns friends the first of the week.  Miss Crosby has been engaged by the Forestry Department to take charge of the lookout station at the top of Mt. Baldy this season and will begin her duties on May 15.  Miss Crosby's appointment to this important post is due to the scarcity of help caused by the demand for more men 'over there.'  She is a typical Arizona girl, an expert with her cow pony and lariat, and of course there is no such word as fear in her vocabulary.  The altitude of Old Baldy is nearly 12,000 feet.  It is a wild and isolated place, where fierce wild animals abound, and would be shied at by a timid, nervous girl, but Miss Crosby is not that kind and she expects to derive much pleasure from her work and experience as lookout sentinel.--St. Johns Observer."  (The Coconino Sun)

June 4, 1921:   "Ed. S. Black was down from Old Baldy Monday and reported that the work on the new trail leading up to the lookout station was progressing in a very satisfactory manner.  The trail is about fifteen feet wide with a fifteen per cent grade.  There are eight or ten men at work on this job--all of them being good fire fighters as well as trail builders."   (The Border Vidette)

​June 11, 1922:  "Fire of unknown origin and proportions, located near Duquesne, in the Patagonia mountains, was reported this morning to local forest service officials from the lookout station on Mt. Baldy, and steps were taken to rush men from that point to bring the flames under control as rapidly as possible.  The fire is located, according to best information available, on the east slope of the Patagonia, which section of the mountain range is heavily wooded.
     According to the report here, the fire was first spotted about 9:30 and effort was made to get in touch with a neighboring forest lookout station.  This failed, so the report was relayed immediately into the local headquarters.  Up to a late hour this afternoon, no further report had been received from any of the neighboring lookout stations."  (Tombstone Epitaph)

​September 1, 1922: "Arrangements are going forward for the construction on the top of Old Baldy, one of the highest peaks in this section, of a glass house for the fire lookout. According to Assistant Forest Supervisor McKenzie, this lookout station overlooks more territory than any other in the district. The watchmen have been hampered in their work in the past by the excessively high and cold winds that constantly sweep the top of the hill, even in the summer time.
     At present there is at the lookout station a cabin in which the man may spend a part of his time but the necessity for looking constantly in every direction makes the cabin impracticable as it now is.
     For this reason a requisition has been sent in for eleven glass panes which will be packed to the top as soon as they arrive and will be installed in the walls of the cabin, which is 8 by 8 feet.
     These panes will make every side of the structure open for observation and will practically make it a glass house while at the same time the ranger will be afforded shelter from the winds:
     Another improvement will be the digging of a cistern in the solid rock at the top of the peak. This cistern will be made about seven feet deep and about four feet square. In the early spring it will be filled with snow and will be later replenished by the rainfall.
     It is stated by the foresters that water in a cistern of this kind, which is concreted and sealed, will keep fresh and in excellent condition for as long as eighteen months in very high altitudes." (Prescott Evening Courier)

​October 7, 1928:  "Lightning may never strike twice in the same place, as the saying goes but the forest service lookout cabin atop Mount Baldy near here (Tucson) is one exception.  In a recent storm the cabin survived eight distinct electric shocks, a lightning rod saving it each time."  (Twin Falls Daily News - Idaho)
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