PENNSYLVANIA LOOKOUTS
CATAWISSA
Columbia County
April 10, 1925: "A large fire was burning in the area covered by the Catawissa Mountain fire tower.
From this tower, according to dispatches from Bloomsburg, twenty-four fires could be seen yesterday. The large fire was on the Little Mountain and late last night was not under control.
Dense smoke reduced the visibility from the fire tower and hampered the work of fire wardens, who were kept busy extinguishing the small fires and searching for others." (Mount Carmel Item)
From this tower, according to dispatches from Bloomsburg, twenty-four fires could be seen yesterday. The large fire was on the Little Mountain and late last night was not under control.
Dense smoke reduced the visibility from the fire tower and hampered the work of fire wardens, who were kept busy extinguishing the small fires and searching for others." (Mount Carmel Item)
November 6, 1934: "A force of 32 men is engaged at the present time in the building of a new road from near Catawissa to the top of the Catawissa mountain, where a state fire tower is to be erected. An allocation of $8497 in public works division funds has been made to pay for the construction of the road." (Shamokin News-Dispatch)
April 13, 1955: "Catawissa Fire Tower, located on Catawissa Mountain, operator, Stanley Lesnefsky. This tower covers Central and Southern Columbia County near Berwick, Bloomsburg and Danville. It also looks into Montour, West Luzerne and Southeastern Lycoming Counties." (Wilkes-Barre Time Leander, The Evening News)
