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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WYOMING LOOKOUTS

MOUNT SHERIDAN

Park County
Yellowstone National Park
August 27, 1934:  "Floyd Keller, fire lookout on the top of Mount Sheridan in the park, had a visitor at his lonely outpost the other day.  A purple finch skimmed down from the skies and darted into his cabin.  Keller played host as best he could with crumbs and meat scraps.  Mr. Finch remained for a few hours, then left only to return shortly with Mrs. Finch.  Keller asked them to stay for supper.  They did, and finally decided to remain in the cabin all night.  The next day the parents returned with four little finches, and now Keller is wondering about other relatives."  (Independent - Helena)

​July 17, 1935: 
 "Harvey Crowder fire lookout stationed atop Mount Sheridan is in the hospital at Mammoth hot springs today puzzled as to how a snow slide in mid-July sent him there.
     Crowder had a visitor on his lonely vigil last week-end, Dick Lillig a radio engineer who had come to install a short-wave set.  The night before he had prepared tea and placed it in a snow drift near his cabin.  The next morning he had gone to serve ice tea to the engineer.  He stepped out on the snow cliff to get it, and as he bent over the entire drift broke loose and hurtled downward.  He fell and rolled over boulders and jagged rocks for nearly a thousand feet before he came to rest unconscious and his entire body severely lacerated.
     Lillig saw him catapult down the mountain side and summoned doctors and park rangers.  The long trek from the mountain slope took nearly the entire day.  An improvised stretcher brought the injured man four miles overland to a road truck, then over nine miles of trail to an ambulance waiting on the highway.  The final leg, 85 miles of highway, brought Crowder to the hospital where examination showed no broken bones but a mass of deep cuts about the head, back and legs."  (Independent - Helena)

​July 21, 1936:  "A forest fire believed started by lightning broke out late today near Madison lake, 16 miles off the Park Loop highway, and was burning on a half-mile front tonight.
     Fifty CCC enrollees from the Nez Perce camp under two foremen were outfitted tonight and prepared to leave immediately and pack horse over the 10-mile trail to the inaccessible area in the south Old Faithful district.
     A lookout station atop Mount Sheridan reported heavy smoke and a crosscheck from Mount Holmes gave the location of the blaze.  George Walker, assistant chief ranger in charge of forestry, said.
     Temporary Ranger Charles Waldron was dispatched to the scene immediately to plan the battle against the flames." (Independent - Helena)
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