And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: June 10, 1905, 113 years ago today – the day America's first forest fire lookout tower went into operation on top of Squaw Mountain in Maine ...

Why did the towers–and their ever-vigilant occupants—lose their fire-spotting role? Mark Hufstetler is an architectural historian who works for the Forest Service as a fire lookout at Baptiste ...

The lookout towers themselves symbolize decades of concerted fire suppression, and in particular the Forest Service’s hard-line stance against wildfires, especially after the great conflagration ...

The Town of Newcomb and the New York State Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association are important supporters of the project. When the tower was part of New York state's fire monitoring system, a ...

She shared her love of the forest, her wisdom from the tower and her fears for the future. On the wildfire watch: A fire lookout's life at 40 feet up, diligently scanning for smokes Mrs ...

The Sekiu Mountain Lookout provides fire detection on lands owned by Crown Zellerbach and Rayonier Inc,. and other scattered ...

Many more lookout towers are gone, demolished or burned ... the treasurer of the Forest Fire Lookouts Association. Their work is a celebration of a piece of history and a craft that has been ...

There’s a small wooden cabin at the top of Northwest Peak, a few miles from Montana’s borders with Idaho and Canada, and Chuck Manning, 79, believes lookouts like this one deserve a second chance at ...

ASHEVILLE - Looking for a weekend trip with unique leafing views and a bit of history? You might want to take a drive to Nantahala National Forest. Panther Top Tower will be open Oct. 28-29 and ...

Harris told KABC that the lookout towers still had a role to play in fire management and that rebuilding at Keller Peak is a decision for the U.S. Forest Service. "(Technology) has still got a ...

Washington was once home to hundreds of fire lookouts — great towers that would ... Jumpoff Lookout is one of 14 operational lookouts on the forest property, but it is the only one within ...