MAPLE HILL
Pennsylvania - Tioga County
August 3, 1921: "State Forester Paul Mulford, of Wellsboro, is busy supervising the erection of a 60-foot steel tower on Maple Hill for the State Forestry Department. It is located near the point where the township lines of Duncan, Charleston and Bloss converge. Roads will be built to the tower. It will have telephone connection with the Farmer's Mutual lines, so that observers can quickly report any forest fires located. The country for many miles around can be seen from this 'lookout.' " (The Wellsboro Agitator)
September 7, 1921: "The new steel fire observation tower of the Pennsylvania Forestry Department on Maple Hill is about completed." (Wellsboro Agitator)
September 7, 1921: "The new steel fire observation tower of the Pennsylvania Forestry Department on Maple Hill is about completed." (Wellsboro Agitator)
May 27, 1925: "Last Wednesday Towerman Wood, on the Maple Hill tower, sighted a fire which looked like a camp fire at the head of Long Run, Morris township. He reported to the district office and telephoned to farms which he thought would be able to see the fire, but no one could be found who could locate it. Later it increased in size and Warden Chas. F. Lamberson, of Arnot, went in with his men.
They found the fire, which was in the slashings of the C.C. Slaght Lumber Co., about 2 miles beyond their railroad, and no one living or working within three or four miles of the spot. After a hard fight, the fire was controlled and held to seven acres." (The Wellsboro Agitator)
May 27, 1925: "Last Wednesday Towerman Wood, on the Maple Hill tower, sighted a fire which looked like a camp fire at the head of Long Run, Morris township. He reported to the district office and telephoned to farms which he thought would be able to see the fire, but no one could be found who could locate it. Later it increased in size and Warden Chas. F. Lamberson, of Arnot, went in with his men.
They found the fire, which was in the slashings of the C.C. Slaght Lumber Co., about 2 miles beyond their railroad, and no one living or working within three or four miles of the spot. After a hard fight, the fire was controlled and held to seven acres." (The Wellsboro Agitator)
April 14, 1926: "Saturday, April 10, occurred the first serious forest fire in Tioga District. The drying winds for two days past made danger spots on south exposures. A spark from an engine on a log train at Morris set a fire which was quickly seen by the towerman at Maple Hill fire tower, whose prompt action sent fire wardens and help at once. The mill of the C.C. Slaght Lumber Co. Was shut down so the men could assist. It was not until about forty acres of state forest land was burned over that it was stopped." (The Wellsboro Agitator)
April 14, 1926: "Saturday, April 10, occurred the first serious forest fire in Tioga District. The drying winds for two days past made danger spots on south exposures. A spark from an engine on a log train at Morris set a fire which was quickly seen by the towerman at Maple Hill fire tower, whose prompt action sent fire wardens and help at once. The mill of the C.C. Slaght Lumber Co. Was shut down so the men could assist. It was not until about forty acres of state forest land was burned over that it was stopped." (The Wellsboro Agitator)
June 1, 1939: "The Department of Forests and Waters announces that one of the state's 144 forest fire observation towers will be moved to a new location and that three towers have been increased in height from sixty to eighty-six feet.
The tower to be moved is now located on Maple Hill. It will be moved to a more advantageous location on Bloss Mountain." (The Wellsboro Agitator)
The tower to be moved is now located on Maple Hill. It will be moved to a more advantageous location on Bloss Mountain." (The Wellsboro Agitator)