CORNWALL
Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
March 24, 1930: "Announcement has been made by the Norristown office of the Forests and Waters that fire observers have been placed on top of the tower Hotel on Mt. Penn and on the Cornwall Fire Tower which is several miles south of that village. The observers are stationed at these points to spot forest fires. They have at their command more than a hundred fire wardens in all sections of the surrounding counties who are subject to call upon the occurrence of a forest fire in their community." (Lebanon Semi-Weekly News)
October 28, 1939: "Five men from the relief rolls will be placed on a new project in this county sponsored by the State Department of Forests and Waters, it was announced yesterday by A.H. Hummer, of the work program for the Lancaster County Public Assistance board.
The men will be sent to the Cornwall fire tower, in Penn township, Lancaster county, where they will clean up, brush and weed the grounds and plant trees." (Lancaster New Era)