SOUTH CAROLINA LOOKOUTS
CANE BRANCH
Colleton County
South Carolina Forestry Commission
South Carolina Forestry Commission
1938-39: "Additional towers and telephone lines were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps at no cost to the State or protective associations. New steel was erected at Cane Branch. Tower unit buildings consisting of a four room dwelling, barn, smokehouse, chicken house and latrine were constructed at six tower sites, namely: Cane Branch in Colleton County." (Report of the State Commission of Forestry, 7/1/1938 - 6/30/1939)
June 18, 1951: "William H. Bishop, lookout towerman at Cane Branch tower in Colleton county, has been judged first prize winner of the towersite improvement contest for 1950-51, according to Assistant State Forester John R. Tiller of the S. C. State Commission of Forestry.
This annual contest encourages the towermen to develop a complete live-at-home program and to improve and develop the small areas of state-owned land on which they live. Modest prizes are given the towermen who have the best gardens and fields, neatest and cleanest lawns and houses, who do the most to improve conditions and who do the best job as towermen." (The Index-Journal)
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