HANSEN - STOLBERG
Mason County
September 9, 1928: "To cover an extensive tract of land not adequately reached by the Dunbar fire tower near Walhalla, the state conservation department is to donate an open type tower for erection on the Hansen-Stolberg commercial forest tract in Hamlin township.
H.J. Andrews, chief forest fire warden of the state, who visited the tract Saturday afternoon, stated the tower will probably be shipped to Ludington for erection this fall.
Employment of a special towerman is not promised by Mr. Andrews. This may be possible in later years if state appropriation permits, he says. The tower is to be manned in periods of great dryness by the caretaker of the Hansen-Stolberg property, he said.
'There is a gap in the northern and northwestern part of the county that is not satisfactorily reached by the towerman at Dunbar,' Mr. Andrews said. 'The region is reached from the tower, but not as efficiently as we would like. I believe this new tower will fill the gap. It will be difficult, however, to say definitely whether it will cover the entire territory until have had a look from it.'
The tower, which is in use at Selma and is being replaced by one of newer type, is 60 feet in height and is built of steel.
It will command a view of the country for miles around, including the virgin pine timber tract on Big Sable point and the heavily wooded shores of Hamlin lake. With a regular towerman employed, the beautiful stand of young Norway and white pine on the 750 acre tract, owned by Messrs. Hansen and Stolberg, on which the tower will be raised, will be constantly safeguarded from the red demon." (Ludington Daily News)
H.J. Andrews, chief forest fire warden of the state, who visited the tract Saturday afternoon, stated the tower will probably be shipped to Ludington for erection this fall.
Employment of a special towerman is not promised by Mr. Andrews. This may be possible in later years if state appropriation permits, he says. The tower is to be manned in periods of great dryness by the caretaker of the Hansen-Stolberg property, he said.
'There is a gap in the northern and northwestern part of the county that is not satisfactorily reached by the towerman at Dunbar,' Mr. Andrews said. 'The region is reached from the tower, but not as efficiently as we would like. I believe this new tower will fill the gap. It will be difficult, however, to say definitely whether it will cover the entire territory until have had a look from it.'
The tower, which is in use at Selma and is being replaced by one of newer type, is 60 feet in height and is built of steel.
It will command a view of the country for miles around, including the virgin pine timber tract on Big Sable point and the heavily wooded shores of Hamlin lake. With a regular towerman employed, the beautiful stand of young Norway and white pine on the 750 acre tract, owned by Messrs. Hansen and Stolberg, on which the tower will be raised, will be constantly safeguarded from the red demon." (Ludington Daily News)
November 10, 1933: *Five Years Ago* "A 62-foot fire tower, loaned by the state conservation department, was raised on the Hansen-Stolberg tract in Hamlin township." (The Ludington Daily News)