WEST VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
MOUNT DESERT
Kanawha County
West Virginia Division of Forestry
West Virginia Division of Forestry
December 4, 1927: "During the Christmas holidays members of the hiking club will visit the forest fire tower on Mt. Desert in the vicinity of Putney, where they will spend two days and nights. A cabin has been constructed at this tower which makes it ideal for week-end camps." (Charleston Daily Mail)
March 26, 1970: "Robert Lee Coble, 55, of Mammoth, died early Wednesday of a heart attack while working at the Mount Desert Fire Tower at Putney. He was a tower observer for the Department of Natural Resources.
Mr. Coble's body was found Wednesday on the floor of a radio hut near the tower by two men who make daily water deliveries to the tower." (The Charleston Daily Mail)
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