HOLMES HURST
Pennsylvania - Lycoming County
August 4, 1921: "The fire tower which the department of forestry is going to erect on Holmes hill, between Leolyn and Shunk, was hauled by truck to its site on Monday." (Wellsboro Gazette)
April 20, 1922: "M.E. McNett, of Leolyn, is towerman in the fire tower on Holmes Hill, McNett township, Lycoming county." (The Wellsboro Agitator)
October 16, 1937: "The Holmes Hurst fire tower, near Masten, will be dismantled after the Fall season. A new tower is being erected on a higher mountain, Sprout Point, in the same locality." (Gazette And Bulletin)
October 16, 1937: "The Holmes Hurst fire tower, near Masten, will be dismantled after the Fall season. A new tower is being erected on a higher mountain, Sprout Point, in the same locality." (Gazette And Bulletin)