OHIO LOOKOUTS
ATKINSON RIDGE
Vinton County
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
March 1930: "Ohio has three new 65-foot steel fire towers ready for operation--one on Atkinson Ridge, 2 miles northeast of Zaleski, Vinton County." (Forest Worker)
October 27, 1934: "O.E. Atkinson of Zaleski, Vinton County is occupying the Atkinson Ridge Tower which overlooks the Zaleski Forest and large areas of private woodlands." (Chillicothe Gazette)
November 4, 1952: "McArthur volunteer firemen aided forest rangers in Vinton County in bringing several forest and brush fires under control Sunday and Monday.
Men from Hocking County honor camp also helped to extinguish brush fires in Elk and Richland townships, it was reported at Atkinson Ridge fire tower." (Portsmouth Times)