BACKBONE MOUNTAIN (OLSON)
West Virginia - Tucker County - Monongahela National Forest
1922: A 60 foot steel tower was erected.
October 10, 1926: "The tower on Backbone Mountain in Tucker County is served from the Parsons central office." (Telephone service) (Charleston Gazette)
June 1, 1937: "CCC officials announced completion of the planting of 450,000 pine trees in the Backbone mountains district from Douglas to the Backbone lookout tower." (The Charleston Daily Mail)
February 6, 1962: "An interesting happening in the Monongahela National Forest speaks more effectively than words can do with regard to the 50 years of U.S. Forest Service care of our timberlands.
The 60-foot fire tower on top of Backbone Mountain, in Tucker County, is being replaced by a 100-foot tower, because the timber has grown to such an extent that the old tower no longer provides sufficient height for effective surveillance." (Raleigh Register)