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
    • Hyde Mountain
    • Jacob Lake
    • Juniper Ridge
    • Kendrick Peak
    • Lemmon Rock
    • Limestone
    • Madera Peak
    • McFadden Peak
    • Miller Peak
    • Mingus Mountain
    • Monte Vista
    • Morman Lake
    • Mount Baldy
    • Mount Bigelow
    • Mount Eldon
    • Mount Lemmon
    • 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
    • Leadville Postoffice
    • 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
    • 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
    • McGaffey
    • 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
    • Observation Peak
    • 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
WYOMING LOOKOUTS

WARREN PEAKS

Crook County
Black Hills National Forest
​52N-63W-20

May 14, 1938:   "Theodore Krueger, supervisor of the Black Hills national forest with headquarters in Deadwood, stated yesterday that plans had been made for fire control over the forest during the summer and fall months when the fire hazard is at its peak.
      A new fire lookout station will be constructed on Warren peak, in the Bear Lodge unit of the forest within a short time.  The 20-foot steel tower on top of the peak which is 6,700 feet above sea level, will give rangers an opportunity to watch the northwest corner of the Black Hills forest and the entire Bear Lodge district.  Six miles of telephone line will be constructed, to connect the lookout with Sundance, Wyo. A small lookout house also will be constructed.  the work will be done by a CCC side camp at Sundance and will be finished so that the tower may be used late in the summer."   (Deadwood Pioneer-Times)

March 9, 1939:   "In 1937 a visibility survey of the Black Hills national forest was made to determine the best locations for fire lookout stations.  The results of this survey showed that Warren peak, seven miles north of Sundance, in the Bear Lodge, was one of the best lookout points in the entire forest.  It not only affords a splendid view of the Bear Lodge mountains, but also overlooks a big acreage of the west slope of the Black Hills, including the Black Buttes, Inyan Kara, Sand creek and other west slope drainages.  Late in the fall of 1938 final approval; of the building plans for the Warren peak lookout station was received by Ranger T.R. Cochran.
      In November, work was started on a wooden lookout cabin.  Due to weather conditions the job could not be completed in 1938 and work was discontinued December 1.  As soon as the forest road is open in April this year, the building will be rushed to completion in order to have it ready for the 1939 fire season.
      The building is fourteen feet square and consists of one room that will serve as the lookout station and also living quarters for the lookout.  Beneath this room is another for car and other storage.  The lookout room is glassed enclosed and is surrounded by a three-foot catwalk extending entirely around the building where the lookout will spend most of his time scanning the forest for smoke.
      A new metallic telephone line, constructed in 1938, connects the lookout cabin with the Sundance ranger station.
      The lookout will be manned about May 15 by a qualified applicant chosen by the supervisor of the Black Hills forest.  This man must be a forest school graduate.
      It is expected that this increase in the detection system of the forest will aid very materially in reducing fire losses."   (The Weekly Pioneer-Times)

August 10, 1939:   "While talking over the telephone at the new lookout station on Warren's peak Monday, Ranger T.R. Cochran was struck by a bolt of lightning that traveled down the telephone line.  He was knocked over backwards down the slope and suffered painful bruises about one knee, ankle and foot.  Just how long he was unconscious is not known."   (The Weekly Pioneer-Times)

​August 31, 1939:
   "Work on the new forest service lookout station on Warren peak was recently completed.  The first lookout to occupy this new station is Lyman Ellsbury, son of Mert Ellsbury at Aladdin.  Lyman is a forestry graduate of Fort Collins agricultural college and has had other work in the service, coming here from the experiment station at Fort Collins.  He was recently married to a Fort Collins girl and unlike most forest service lookouts is now equipped with a cook and dishwasher."   (The Weekly Pioneer-Times)

June 7, 1941:
   "Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Classick, and daughter, Maurine, left this week for Sundance where they will make their future home.  Mr. Classick will be fire lookout for the Black Hills national forest at the lookout on Warren's peak near Sundance."   (Deadwood Pioneer-Times)

September 9, 1959:
  "A $1,634,762 contract has been awarded Purvis Construction Co., Yardley, Wash., for construction of the operation area of the aircraft communication and warning station at Sundance, Wyo., Rep. Keith Thompson (R-Wyo) said on Tuesday.

     In a statement released here, Thomson said the Omaha District of the Corps of Engineers had awarded the contract.
     The work includes construction of an aircraft communication and warning building, heating plant, emergency power plant, technical supply building, control building, garage, lookout tower, radar tower, reinforced concrete water storage tank, water supply, sewage system, electrical distribution system, roads, paving and fencing."  (Billings Gazette)

May 12, 1960:  "Now under construction is the new steel lookout tower of the Forest Service.  Located on a peak one mile east of Warren Peak, the new tower will rise 54 feet."  (The Sundance Times)

1960:  The lookout duties were moved approximately a half mile to the east when the U.S. Air Force erected an installation on the site of the original lookout.  The current 54'6" steel tower with a CL-100 cab was constructed at that time.
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