WEST VIRGINIA LOOKOUTS
MOZARK MOUNTAIN
Tucker County
Monongahela National Forest
Monongahela National Forest
1928: The Mozark Mountain lookout, on the Chert Ranger District was constructed. (Monongahela National Forest 1915 - 1990, USDA Forest Service)
October 25, 1949: "Mr. Showalter was also the first fire tower employe on Musark Mountain where a twenty-eight years ago he carried lumber for the erection of a twenty-five foot fire tower from which he could see fires within an area of about twenty-five miles.
He served in this forestry capacity under the late Charles E. Long, a brother-in-law, who was the first ranger of the Monongahela National Forest." (Beckley Post-Herald)
Removed