SIDELING HILL
Pennsylvania - Fulton County - Buchanan State Forest
August 3, 1922: "C. R. Meek, Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Forest Protection of the Department of Forestry, recently inspected the proposed location of a new fire observation tower on Sideling Hill, in Buchanan State Forest. With District Forester Byers, Mr, Meek visited the Tuscarora fire tower and inspected the new roads constructed by the Department of Forestry in Allen's Valley." (The Fulton Democrat)
May 9, 1924: "This tower is located on Ball Hill and can easily be reached by autoists by coming over Lincoln Highway to the top of Sideling Hill there taking road leading south. It is about one mile from Highway to Tower.
Many visitors have been to this tower since April 1st, as many as forty in one day. Different states are represented, as well as our neighboring cities; also numbers of our local people are seen here. From this tower, on a clear day, a wonderful view can be obtained. Mountain peaks and ridges of a number of different counties and about three states are in full view. One also looks down into the picturesque and peaceful valleys of Wells, Brush Creek, upper and lower Licking Creek and lower Shade valley besides several smaller ones." (Huntingdon Daily News)
March 14, 1930: "The Sideling hill forest fire observation tower, maintained by the department of forests and waters, located in Fulton county about ten miles west of McConnellsburg, will be equipped with a million candle power beacon light, which will serve as a guide for aviators on the mail route between Washington and Cleveland. The beacon light will be installed and maintained by the light house service of the United States department of commerce.
District Forester W.L. Byers of the Buchanan forest district with headquarters at McConnellsburg, reports that the site of the tower is one-half mile south of the Lincoln highway and 2,301 feet above sea level. The mountain range known as Sideling hill is approximately fifty miles in length and receives its name from the gradual nature of its slopes, especially on the west side.
In 1923 a sixty-foot steel tower was erected by the department of forests and waters on this site for the purpose of detecting and reporting forest fires. The area covered by this tower on a clear day comprises about 125,000 acres of forest land located in Fulton and Bedford counties." (The Altoona Mirror)
March 14, 1930: "The Sideling hill forest fire observation tower, maintained by the department of forests and waters, located in Fulton county about ten miles west of McConnellsburg, will be equipped with a million candle power beacon light, which will serve as a guide for aviators on the mail route between Washington and Cleveland. The beacon light will be installed and maintained by the light house service of the United States department of commerce.
District Forester W.L. Byers of the Buchanan forest district with headquarters at McConnellsburg, reports that the site of the tower is one-half mile south of the Lincoln highway and 2,301 feet above sea level. The mountain range known as Sideling hill is approximately fifty miles in length and receives its name from the gradual nature of its slopes, especially on the west side.
In 1923 a sixty-foot steel tower was erected by the department of forests and waters on this site for the purpose of detecting and reporting forest fires. The area covered by this tower on a clear day comprises about 125,000 acres of forest land located in Fulton and Bedford counties." (The Altoona Mirror)
July 14, 1971: "Sideling Hill, Mrs. Anna May Mellott, Needmore, who formerly worked on the Tuscarora tower but was promoted to Sideling Hill this year." (Public Opinion)