SPAULDING
Menominee County
1937-38: “Four new fire towers of the standard inside stairway type are scheduled for construction; namely, the Coventon Tower, Spaulding Tower, Norway Tower and McFarland Tower.” (Ninth Biennial Report, The Department of Conservation)
June 4, 1937: "The High Climbers club of this conservation district has two nominees for the titles of youngest and oldest fire tower climbers in Michigan.
After walking two miles through the woods, A.J. Houland, 77, Escanaba, climbed the Spaulding fire tower and registered as a member of the High Climbers club. The Spaulding tower is of the outside ladder type." (The Ironwood Times)
December 17, 1937: "A theory about nerve in airplane flying is, if involved in a crash, go up again as soon as possible afterwards, which may have been one reason why I.W. Parri of Milwaukee, Wis., was a visitor to the Spaulding fire tower in Menominee county.
Following Parri's name on the tower register is a notation by the towerman to the effect that the Wisconsin visitor was an aviator and had figured in a collision of two planes but a few days before.
A total of 205 persons climbed the Spaulding tower during the past season and 758 went aloft in five towers in Menominee and Delta counties which include, besides Spaulding, the Flat Rock, Flathorn, Stephenson and Rapid River towers. Visitors came from 10 states." (The Ironwood Times)
November 2, 1956: "A half albino fawn has been seen recently by many persons in the vicinity of the Spaulding Fire Tower in Menominee County, according to Conservation Officer Gerald Welling, Hermansville. Its hind quarters are snow white. Its mid-section contains blotches of white and its tail is completely white rather than white just underneath Welling added." (The Wakefield News)