MANCELONA
Antrim County
September 19, 1923: "Petoskey---New fire tower, completely equipped erected east of Mancelona. Similar tower is being erected near Boyne Falls." (Monroe Evening News)
June 26, 1952: "Jerry Lund has taken Lyle Howe's place in the Mancelona Fire Tower." (Antrim County News)
July 30, 1959: "A new fire lookout is stationed in the tower in Mancelona, the Conservation Department announced today. He is Dave Wellman of Dearborn, who is making his temporary home at Crandall's in Bellaire." (Antrim County News)
NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - MANCELONA FIRE LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - PL0498
STATE/COUNTY- MI/ANTRIM
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - MANCELONA (2017)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1978 (WTD)
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. THE TOWER IS NO LONGER USED AS A FIRE
LOOKOUT TOWER. IT NOW HAS TV MICROWAVE LINK ANTENNAS ATTACHED TO
IT.
AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--1 MILE SOUTHEAST
OF MANCELONA.