BEAVER LICK MOUNTAIN (WHITE ROCK)
West Virginia - Pocahontas County - National Forest
October 10, 1926: "In Pocahontas county the tower on Beaver Lick Mountain is served by the Marlinton central office." (Charleston Gazette)
October 1953: "The other day William Crigger was out taking the sun on the third flight of steps up on White Rock fire tower on the Beaver Lick. He heard a rock turn over . Right underneath was a big bear, turning rocks over for a diet of ants. Then the bear appeared to catch the man-smell, for he silently slipped away, to be lost in the nearby cover of the forest." (The Pocahontas Times)
1973: The last year lookout staffed.