NEW YORK LOOKOUTS
DEBAR MOUNTAIN
Franklin County
1912: The Conservation Commission established a lookout at this point. (Second Annual Report of the Conservation Commission - 1912)
1918: A 35-foot steel tower was purchased and erected. (8th Annual Report of the Conservation Commission)
1922: A new cabin for the observer's living quarters was constructed. (Twelfth Annual Report of the Conservation Commission - 1922)
July 10, 1928: "While scores were dying of heat prostration in other sections of the state a few days ago, a snow storm raged about about the summit of DeBar Mountain in the Adirondacks. State Fire Observer Forest E. Winters and four mountain climbers saw the storm." (Syracuse Herald)