MARYLAND LOOKOUTS
THAYERVILLE
Garrett County
1921: "Through the co-operation of F.F. Nicola, John O. Thayer and Son, and G.E. Sloan, a new lookout tower was erected on the extreme south end of Meadow Mountain, near Thayerville, in Garrett County, during the summer of 1921. The tower was completed, and telephone connections established in time for the opening of the fall fire season." (State Board of Forestry Report for 1920 and 1921)
1921: "By August a new 47-foot tower had been completed near Thayerville, Garrett County, ready for service in the fall fire season." (State Board of Forestry Report for 1920 and 1921)
1929: "Early in June, 1929, the Thayerville tower in Garrett County, erected in 1921, was moved a quarter of a mile southeast of its old location. The new location gives a much wider view and makes it possible to report fires in regions hitherto unseen." (State Department of Forestry Report for 1929)
December 13, 1934: "The old 47-foot Thayerville forest fire tower which was dismantled last summer has been replaced by a new 80-foot steel lookout tower, which greatly improves the vision from this Garrett County observation point. Standing on the south end of Meadow Mountain, high above the waters of Deep Creek Lake, this important addition to the Maryland system of lookout towers, enables prompt detection of forest fires originating on both sides of the continental divide." (The Republic)