WEST VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
JOHNSON KNOB
Kanawha County
West Virginia Division of Forestry
West Virginia Division of Forestry
October 25, 1929: "A 90 foot steel forest fire tower and log cabin living quarters, erected on Johnson Knob, near Whittaker, by the Southern West Virginia Forest Fire Protective Association has been given to the state game and forestry commission. The cost of erecting the tower was defrayed by the protective association, while construction work was supervised by the state game, fish and forestry commission. George L. Coleman of Pratt is president of the protective association and George E. Brooks, of Carbon is secretary." (Raleigh Register)