MICHIGAN LOOKOUTS
COPPER PEAK
Gogebic County
February 17, 1938: "A telephone line from the Copper Peak fire tower line to the county park at Black river has just been completed by Camp Norrie enrollees. The Black river line is five and a half miles long.
The telephone at the park will be installed in the caretaker's home. Besides being of service for fire protection, the line also will be valuable in case of accidents at the park." (Daily Globe)
June 26, 1943: "The sharp eyes of a porcupine as well as those of Frank Cvengros, towerman at the Copper Peak tower, are on the look-out for forest fires in the Ironwood district.
Towerman Cvengros reports that every day when he climbs to his high look-out post, the same beady-eyed porcupine, who has apparently appointed himself the towerman's assistant, appears and scrambles up the 80-foot tower behind him, either by way of the tower ladder or by the angle irons. For the rest of the day, the friendly animal proceeds to make itself at home, sleeping in the sun. For amusement, it sits and knocks its teeth against the angle irons hour after hour.
When the towerman wants to get rid of it he merely throws some water and it obediently scampers down the 80 feet of angle iron to the ground--only to return in an hour or so for another visit.
Towerman Cvengros reports that the porcupine seems to have some strange sixth sense. It never attempts to climb the tower if he is only on duty one or two hours a day, apparently not thinking it worth the energy. The towerman has seen it only on those days on which he has worked his full eight hours." (Adrian Daily Telegram)
Towerman Cvengros reports that every day when he climbs to his high look-out post, the same beady-eyed porcupine, who has apparently appointed himself the towerman's assistant, appears and scrambles up the 80-foot tower behind him, either by way of the tower ladder or by the angle irons. For the rest of the day, the friendly animal proceeds to make itself at home, sleeping in the sun. For amusement, it sits and knocks its teeth against the angle irons hour after hour.
When the towerman wants to get rid of it he merely throws some water and it obediently scampers down the 80 feet of angle iron to the ground--only to return in an hour or so for another visit.
Towerman Cvengros reports that the porcupine seems to have some strange sixth sense. It never attempts to climb the tower if he is only on duty one or two hours a day, apparently not thinking it worth the energy. The towerman has seen it only on those days on which he has worked his full eight hours." (Adrian Daily Telegram)
