COLORADO LOOKOUTS
WILLIAMS PEAK
Grand County
Arapaho National Forest
2S-79W-14
Arapaho National Forest
2S-79W-14
June 28, 1912: "Robert E. Clark, assistant supervisor of the Leadville National Forest, arrived in the valley again Tuesday, from the Cloud City. With him came S.L. Moore, of the Denver office of the Forest Service. They said it was the intention of the service to establish a lookout station on the summit of Williams Peak, in the center of the Williams range, overlooking a vast expanse of heavily timbered territory. The station is to be equipped with a telephone and to be occupied by a watchman, whose chief duty will be to look out for and report anything that looks like a real or threatened forest fire. They went down the valley for the purpose of taking some steps looking to the establishment of this station." (Blue Valley Times)
December 13, 1912: "Assistant Supervisor Robert E. Clark's annual report, some points from which mentioned last week, also describes the fire lookout stations within the Leadville national forest.
There are three of these stations. One is in Williams peak, near the center of the Williams range, between the Blue and the Williams Fork rivers. This is called a 'primary' station, because of its high efficiency. It gives an unobstructed view of the Blue, Little Mussy and Williams rivers.
A telephone line has been run to the Williams peak station during the past season." (The Blue Valley Times)
January 1, 1914: "On the eastern side of the river our Williams Peak trail affords access to the Fire Lookout station on the summit of Williams Peak. From here one can see practically all of Grand county, the northern half of Summit and the southern portion of Routt county." (Herald Democrat)