MICHIGAN LOOKOUTS
IRON MOUNTAIN
Dickinson County
State Department of Conservation
State Department of Conservation
1922: A steel tower was erected. ( Biennial Report, The Department of Conservation - 1922)
August 12, 1932: "The state conservation department has made plans for the erection in Iron Mountain of a fire tower as part of its program of increasing the number of posts from which forest and brush fires may be detected.
While there has been no statement as to when construction will begin, it is the intention to set up the tower this season. It will be of standard height, 102 feet, and will probably be located at the top of Iron Mountain, which is at the head of East Ludington street. This is the highest vantage point in the city, with the possible exception of Pine Mountain." (Daily Globe)
September 8, 1932: "Work on the construction of an automobile road to the site of the fire tower to be erected on a high point east of the old Walpole mine, on Pewabic Hill, is underway, according to the report today by John Andrews, Jr., district conservation officer. About seven men have been detailed by the department to do that part of the job.
Within the next few days, it is expected a crew of steel workers will arrive the construction of the tower. It will be the third tower in Dickinson county and the twelfth in the district in which Andrews is supervisor.
The tower will be 102 feet in height and will command a sweeping view of the territory from Pine mountain to Waucedah. Andrews said it will be a valuable addition to the fire tower system in the district." (Daily Globe)
1931-32: "One of the new units erected on a high point at Iron Mountain will decrease the number of 'false alarm' runs made by wardens near the Michigan - Wisconsin boundary and bring about a closer bond of cooperation between these two states in detecting, locating and reporting fires." (Sixth Biennial Report, The Department of Conservation)
October 7, 1953: "Preliminary tests for a community antennae, a new development designed to bring clearer reception to television viewers in fringe areas, is underway on Pewabic Hill, near the fire tower, by the Jerrold Company of Flint." (Evening News)