PENNSYLVANIA
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GLEASON HILLTioga County
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GLEN CAMPBELLIndiana County
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GLEN SUMMITLuzerne County
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GOODALLTioga County
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GOODWIN KNOBFayette County
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GOULD'SWayne County
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GRANDVIEWLuzerne County
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GRASS(Y) FLATClearfield County
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GREENLEE MOUNTAINHuntingdon County
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GREENS KNOBHuntingdon County
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GREENWOODHuntingdon County
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GROVE MOUNTAINCameron County
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HALL'S ROCK
Clinton County
HANLEYElk County
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HARRISON
Tioga County
HARTLEY
Union County - Bald Eagle State Forest
HARVEYSLuzerne County
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HAYS LOTJefferson County
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HAYS MILLSSomerset County
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HEAD OF BAILEY RUN
Cameron County
An unimproved bald top observation point established prior to 1918.
HEGE RIDGEPerry County
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HEMINGWAYLycoming County
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HIGH KNOBPike County
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HIGH ROCKAdams County
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HIGH TOPSnyder County
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HIGHLAND FLINGCambria County
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HOG BACKUnion County
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HOLMES HURSTLycoming County
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HOPEWELLBerks County
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HOSTEINCambria County
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HOUGH MOUNTAIN
Centre County
1916: A tree observation post established 35 feet above the ground.
HUMBOLDTLuzerne County
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HUNTLY HILL
Lycoming County
1914: A 50-foot wood tower constructed.
INDIAN SHANTY
Potter County
1913: A tree observation post established.
JACKS MOUNTAIN (BUTLER KNOB)Huntingdon County - Rothrock State Forest
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JACOBY MOUNTAIN
Lycoming County
1913: A tree observation post established 28 feet above the ground.
1917: A tree observation post established 36 feet above ground.
JOHNSON
Mifflin County
1911: A tree observation post established 40 feet above the ground.
JONES MOUNTAIN
Union County
An unimproved bald top observation post established prior to 1918.
KAHILL
Bradford County
KEATING
Clinton County
KECKSBURG
Westmoreland County
September 10, 1924: "The fire tower that is being built at Kecksburg will be completed within the week. A telephone line has been installed but it has not been connected yet. Within the next week some person will be chosen to have charge of the tower. With a man stationed at the tower a fire should be discovered within a few minutes after it starts and the manner in which the fire warden has the district organized, within 10 minutes a group of men should be at the scene of the fire. it was explained. A man will be stationed at the tower only during the fire season, which begins in October and closea December 1 and begins again in March. All persons who have subscribed to build the tower are invited to go to the tower and see what has been done with the money." (Connellsville Daily Courier)
March 13, 1936: "Work has been started on erection of a new fire tower at Ridge Chapel on top of Chestnut Ridge, one mile east of Kecksburg. Demolition of the Kecksburg tower will be started soon." (Connellsville Daily Courier)
KEEFER GAP
Franklin County
1915: A tree observation post established 42 feet above ground.
KEFFERSSchuylkill County - Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
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KELLOGG MOUNTAINBradford County
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KINNEY
Tioga County
An unimproved bald top observation point established prior to 1918.
KINTON KNOB
Bedford County
October 26, 1967: "Construction has been completed on a new, 80-foot fire tower atop Kinton's Knob dominating more than 400 square miles of Bedford County forest land. The Knob is a 2,700-foot promontory of Wills Mountain, about three miles west of Bedford.
District Forester George R. Winning of McConnellsburg said the tower will protect the northwestern and southwestern quadrants of the county. He said, 'We expect to be able to survey almost the entire western part of the county, and much of the eastern as well.' The eastern sectors are already protected by fire towers atop Martin Hill, south of Rainsburg, and Tussey Mountain, west of Everett. The elevation of Kinton's Knob is slightly higher than the other two, and watchers can see west to the Allegheny Mountain escarpment, whose top forms the Bedford-Somerset County line.
Mrs. George Armstrong of Schellsburg, has been named to staff the new tower, continuing until mid-December when seasonal snows lessen the danger of forest fire. She will have two-way radio contact with other fire towers and the district headquarters pending construction of telephone lines to the site. It is reached by a newly cleared dirt road from Route 30.
The new tower, costing about $26,000, is of all-steel construction designed to withstand extremes of wind and weather." (The Altoona Mirror)
June 19, 1982: "Another victim of Wednesday's storms has turned up, or down. It was discovered Thursday that the Kinton's Knob tower bearing antennas for County Control, local 'ham' operations and fire department frequencies was bent literally in half by the storms. Some of the antennas were pointing at the ground, a knob-climber reported, adding that Sound Electronics was at the site to re-align the antennas temporarily until a solution to the bent tower can be decided. The nearby Knob fire tower and AT&T tower, appear to have escaped damage." (Bedford Daily Gazette)
KINZUA (COAL HILL)
Warren County - Allegheny National Forest
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postcard, n/d - Ron Kemnow Collection
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November 26, 1924: "First lookout tower to be completed in Pennsylvania has radius of 50 miles.
A forester lookout began his duty today in the federal forestry lookout here (Kinzua), the first lookout tower of this kind to be completed in Pennsylvania. The tower which cost $10,000 is reached by a road cut out of the mountainside at a grade of 900 feet in a mile. The tower has a radius of 50 miles." (New Castle News)
KNEVIL HILL
Lackawanna County
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c.1918 - Chief Forest Fire Warden Report for 1918
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1890: A 15-foot tall solid rock tower was constructed.
c.1913: The tower was rebuilt.
KNOB
Bedford County
1912: A tree observation post established 40 feet above the ground.
KNOB MOUNTAIN
Columbia County
May 22, 1925: "An airplane is blamed by Fire Towerman Bruce Henrie for a blaze that swept over 700 acres of valuable timber land on Knob Mountain last night causing a loss of many thousands of dollars. He discovered the fire a few minutes after an airplane flying low, had passed over the wooded section. Henrie is confident something dropped from the plane to start the fire.
Several hundred men fought throughout the night to bring the fire under control and put it out this morning after several farm buildings had been threatened but saved." (Lebanon Daily News)
KOOSER MOUNTAINSomerset County - Laurel Hill State Park
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LAUREL MOUNTAIN
Westmoreland County
An unimproved bald top observation point established prior to 1918.
LAUREL RUN
Centre County
1917: A tree observation post established 35 feet above the ground.
LAUREL RUN
Huntingdon County
A 50-foot wood tower was erected prior to 1918.
LEBO
Lycoming County
1912: A lookout post was established 35 feet above the ground,
LEE
Tioga County
October 26, 1939: "The other towers in District 16 are the 80-foot Lee Tower at Leetonia, the 60-foot Goodall Tower, Asaph Run; the 50-foot Baldwin Tower at Baldwin run; the 60-foot Rarick Tower on Rarick Mt. About 15 miles northwest of Mansfield; and the new Bloss Mt. Tower about a mile off Route 15 south of Blossburg." (The Wellsboro Agitator)
LIGHTENERHuntingdon County
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LINCOLN FARM
Elk County
1914: A tree observation post was established 40 feet above the ground.
LITTLE BAER
Clinton County
1914: A 32-foot wood tower was constructed.
LITTLE FLAT
Centre County - Logan State Forest
1917: A tree observation post 25 feet above the ground was established.
LITTLE MOUNTAINFranklin County
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LITTLE SHINNEY
Luzerne County
LOLETA
Elk County
LONESOME PINEFranklin County
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LONG MOUNTAINCumberland County
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LONG RIDGE
Lycoming County - Tiadaghton State Forest
LOST MOUNTAIN
Cambria County
LOWER YODERCambria County
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LYTLES KNOB (LOOP)Huntingdon County
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MAPLE HILLTioga County
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MARIENVILLEForest County
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MARSHBURGMcKean County
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MARTIN HILLBedford County - Buchanan State Forest
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MAUCH CHUNKCarbon County
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McDADEMcKean County
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MEHOOPANYWyoming County
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MIDDLESWARTHSnyder County
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MT BEACON (HEDGEHOG ROAD)
McKean County
April 16, 1931: "There are now only two fire towers in McKean County, one on Bush Hill, east of Smethport and one just north of Kane. The towers at Rock City, N.Y., Kinzua in Warren County and in the northeast corner of Elk County, southwest of Betula, also assist in furnishing protection to McKean County, not properly protected by a fire tower is the northwestern portion and it has just been arranged to erect an eighty foot fire tower on Mt. Beacon, the highest point in that section of the county, with an air-way beacon upon which it is the plan of the Harri Emery Airport Association to place a beacon at some future date. This tower is being erected and paid for entirely by the McKean County Protective Fire Association and will be known by a name to be selected by the school children of the city of Bradford, the townships of Croydon, Foster, Bradford, Otto, Keating, Lafayette and Hamilton on the plan hereinafter outlined.
These plans in the making for the construction of a new and better road from the Bennett Brook road to the site of this tower in order that they may get a view of McKean County from the top of the structure." (McKean County Miner)
April 23, 1931: "A third fire tower will be erected in McKean county according to reports, in the Northwestern portion of the county, the only section which is not properly protected from forest fires. It will be an eighty foot tower and will be erected on Mt. Beacon, the highest point in that section of the county, with an airway beacon top, on which it is planned by the Harri Emery Airport Association to place a beacon at some future date. This tower is being erected and paid for entirely by the McKean Protective Fire Association and will be known by a name to be selected by the school children of the city of Bradford, the townships of Croydon, Foster, Bradford, Otto, Keating, Lafayette and Hamilton on the plan as hereinafter outlined.
There are now only two fire towers in McKean county, one on Bush Hill, east of Smethport, and one just north of Kane.
A new and better road will be constructed to the site of the tower." (McKean County Democrat)
October 18, 1935: "Mt Beacon fire tower observation point for the northern fire district of McKean county, located less than two miles west of Bradford, opened for the fall season this morning.
Although the forest is pronounced unusually dry and opening of the tower is at least two weeks later than many in previous years, Mr. Coleman reported there have been no fires discovered in the woods yet.
Telephone service will be installed in the tower today under the sponsorship of the McKean County Protective Fire Association. Its number is Bradford 2-1238." (The Olean Times-Herald)
MOUNT DAVIS
Somerset County - Forbes State Forest
MOUNT DUNLAPFranklin County
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MOUNT PLEASANTSchuykill County - Weiser State Forest
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MUZETTE
Forest County
NEGRO MOUNTAINSomerset County - Forbes State Forest
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NORTH MOUNTAINSullivan County - Wyoming State Forest
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OAK KNOBFranklin County
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OLD TOWNClearfield County
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OWLS NEST
Elk County
PADDY MOUNTAINCentre County
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PENN VIEWIndiana County
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE CAPITOL BUILDING
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no date - Press photo, Ron Kemnow Collection
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April 13, 1921: "The state capital dome Tuesday was made a fire observation by the department of forestry and Thomas F. Burns was stationed there by Commissioner Pinchot to note appearance of forest fires in the mountains about Harrisburg. The dome rises more than 270 feet above the level of the Susquehanna and mountains in Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry, York and Lebanon counties can be discerned with a strong glass. The department also has established on Peters mountains, Dauphin county, where several fire have occurred and this patrol will be able to see mountains in the Susquehanna and Juianta valleys." (Lock Haven Express)
February 16, 1922: "State capitol building may serve as a fire tower, it was stated this morning. Hope was held out that when the state forestry authorities post observers on the dome balcony the state police project for the installation of a telephone service from there may be realized." (The Morning Herald)
PENOBSCOT (MOUNTAIN TOP)Luzerne County
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PIMPLE HILL
Monroe County
PINDLETONCambria County - Gallitzin State Forest
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PINE HILLPotter County
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PINE MOUNTAINFranklin County
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PITTSTON
Luzerne County
PLUMER
Venango County
May 14, 1949: "Seventy workmen of the Pennsylvania Railroad including crews from Tionesta, worked Thursday afternoon and night to extinguish a series of forest fires at Walnut Bend, Henry's Bend, President and the north side of Rockmere. A locomotive was blamed for starting the fires, which were observed by the State fire observer at the Plumer tower. The observer phoned the Oil City P.R.R. offices for help." (The Titusville Herald)
POCONO MOUNTAIN (KNOB) (LAKE)
Monroe County
1915: "During the month of May, patrolman Shaller, stationed at Mount Pocono, opened a subscription for the purpose of building a look-out to increase the range of vision over the outlying regions. The boarding house proprietors readily subscribed the amount necessary for its erection. While serving as a fire observation tower for the patrolman, at the same time guests at the various inns will see in it an added attraction in the way of affording a view of the surrounding country.
I made plans and specifications for its erection, and helped to erect it. At this time, I desire to commend the aggressiveness and industry of our patrolman at Mount Pocono, through whose activity the proposed look-out became an actuality. A small deficit was met by the Pocono Protective Fire Association, and the look-out became its property on completion." (Report of the Chief Forest Fire Warden for 1915)
1915: A 25-foot wood tower constructed.
March 12, 1950: "Work on the Pocono Mountain Auto Speedway will start early in April, as soon as the weather permits, George Perluke, speedway promoter, said last night.
The speedway will be constructed on Route 115 at the foot of the Pocono Mountain Fire Tower in the scrub oak section of Effort Mountain, which is about 28 miles from Wilkes-Barre and five miles south of Blakeslee Corners." (Wilkes Barre Sunday Independent)
POHOPOCOMonroe County - Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry - Delaware State Forest
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PONDFIELDFayette County
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PONDFIELD 2
PORT CLINTONBerks County
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PROSPECT HILLMcKean County
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PUMPING STATIONLycoming County
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