MARYLAND LOOKOUTS
TOWN HILL
Allegany County
July 16, 1931: "Work on an eighty-foot tower near Town Hill, Allegany County, is scheduled to start in about two weeks." (The Evening Journal)
October 23, 1931: "The fourth tower erected during the summer is situated on the crest of Town Hill, Allegany County, and is 80 feet high. It is situated 1760 feet above sea level and provides admirable protection for newly purchased State Forest areas and the Billmeyer State Game Refuge. These structures are efficiently equipped with telephone connections, maps, instruments for locating fires, organization directories, powerful binoculars, and other special instruments. Every effort is being made to discover fires quickly, locate them accurately, and report them promptly to fire control officials." (The Midland Journal)