KILLINGTON PEAK
Vermont - Rutland County
1912: "In the summer of 1912 in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service experiments were conducted with wireless telegraphy from Killington Peak. This venture did not seem to be very successful. This was probably one of the earliest experiments in radio through the country." (History of Forestry in Vermont)
1913: "A man used Killington Peak as a lookout point." (History of Forestry in Vermont)
1914: "A man has been located on the Rutland Section of the Green Mountain Trail, using Killington Peak as a lookout point." (6th Annual Report of the Vermont State Forester)
1963 - 1964: "The lookout's living quarters on Killington are in a building, erected as a joint project with the Department of Public Safety and Highway Department. The building also houses radio equipment for the three departments. The facilities on Killington are completely modern with electric heating, cooking and refrigeration. Transportation is supplied by the Killington chair lift." The tower was dismantled at Pico and re-erected on Killington. (Biennial Report of the Department of Forests and Parks)
April 17, 1964: "Howard Parson, who spent last week with his sister, has gone to Mt. Killington Fire Tower for the summer months." (Addison County Independent)
April 5, 1973: "Miss Pamela Wells left Monday, April 2, to start her summer job at Killington Peak. Pam will be dispatcher and in charge of the fire tower." (News and Citizen)
June 11, 1973: "A Taftsville man died of an apparent heart attach Sunday afternoon, about 4 p.m., while climbing a fire tower at the top of Killington Mountain.
State police reported the victim; Raymond Fish, 68, of Taftsville, rode the gondola to the top of the mountain and walked a quarter of a mile to the tower. He was proceeding to climb to the top of the tower when he suffered a heart attach." (Rutland Daily Herald)
November 1, 1973: "Mr. and Mrs. Wyvis Wells of Morrisville announce the marriage of their daughter, Pamela Jean, to Thomas Hiatt of Selma, Oregon.
They were joined in wedlock on Oct. 10 on Killington Mt. at the Fire Tower. They plan to leave Vermont around the first of November to move to Oregon with their pet porcupine.
Mr. Hiatt has a 40 acre farm where they will be building a log cabin and raising goats and bees." (News and Citizen)
1984: The tower discontinued in the Fall. One of the final two towers in use prior to this time.