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  • ALABAMA
    • Anniston Ordnance Depot
    • Barton Knob (Mt Mills)
    • Beaver Mountain
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    • Blue Mountain
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    • Butler Mountain
    • Carpenter
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    • Cheaha Mountain
    • Chimney Peak
    • Craig Mountain
    • Crawford
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    • Dugger Mountain
    • Fredonia
    • Grove
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    • Kinterbish
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    • Oak Grove
    • O'Neal
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    • Perry Lakes
    • Perry Mountain
    • Phillips Mountain
    • Pleasant Hill
    • Rattlesnake
    • Rumley
    • Simerly
    • Smith Mountain
    • Soctum Hill
    • Ted Joy
    • Town Hill
    • Vernon
    • Westervelt
  • CONNECTICUT
    • Misc. Notes - Conn.
    • Bald Hill
    • Beacon Hill
    • Beckwith Hill
    • Bluff Head
    • Booth Hill
    • Candlewood Mountain
    • Dennis Hill
    • Fort Hill
    • Governors Hill
    • High Rock
    • Johnny Cake Mountain
    • John Tom Hill
    • Mohawk Mountain
    • Mount Parnassus
    • Mount Tom
    • Orenaug Hill
    • Painter Hill
    • Pine Rock
    • Soapstone Mountain
    • South Mountain
    • Stewart Hill
    • Talcott Mountain
    • Toby Rock
    • Travelers Insurance Building
    • Turkey Hill
    • University of Connecticut
    • Umpawaug
    • West Peak
  • DELAWARE
    • Dagsboro
    • Ellendale
    • Interstate
    • Laurel
    • Smyrna
    • Viola
    • MISC.
  • FLORIDA
    • Adams
    • Ainsley
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    • Allen
    • Altha
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    • Benton
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    • Black Creek
    • Blichton
    • Bliss
    • Bradenton
    • Brighton
    • Brown
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    • Bushnell
    • Caladesi Island
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    • Central
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    • Cypress Gardens
    • Davenport
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    • Durbin
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    • East Tower (Taylor GS)
    • Eddy
    • Eva
    • Five Points
    • Flagler
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    • Fort Pierce
    • Frizzell
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    • Gower's Corner
    • Grand Ridge
    • Green Swamp
    • Groveland
    • Gum Swamp
    • Half Moon
    • Hammock
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    • Hamner
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    • Homosassa
    • Hosford
    • Hurrah
    • Jackson Still
    • Jackson Ranger Station
    • Jewel
    • Jonesboro
    • Kibler
    • Lake Pierce (Catfish)
    • Lakeland
    • Lebanon
    • Leesburg
    • Lone Pine Key
    • Louis Hill
    • Loxahatchee
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    • Marianna FC HQ
    • Mercer
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    • Micanopy
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    • Midway
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    • Molino
    • Monticello
    • Moody
    • Mossy Head (Sandy Mtn)
    • Mound
    • Myakka
    • Naples (Radio Road)
    • New River
    • Newport
    • Odena #2
    • Okaloosa
    • Okeechobee
    • Olustee
    • Orange River
    • Overstreet
    • Palmdale
    • Penney Farms
    • Pierce
    • Pine Top
    • Pinellas Park
    • Plymouth
    • Point Washington
    • Pope Still
    • Prairie Lakes
    • Princeton
    • Providence
    • Punta Gorda
    • Ramer Creek
    • Redbay
    • Rock Hill
    • Rocky Hill
    • Rosedale
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    • Saint Joe
    • Salem
    • Santa Fe
    • Shark Valley
    • South Tower
    • Southside
    • Sumatra
    • Tate
    • Tomoka
    • Trail Glade
    • Valrico
    • Venetia
    • Vero Beach
    • Vicksburg
    • Wacissa
    • Wausau
    • Weaver Creek
    • Wekiva
    • Welcome
    • West (Greenfield GS)
    • West Bay
    • Wetappo
    • White City
    • Wildwood
    • Wilma
    • Wrights Creek
    • Yeehaw
    • Youngstown
  • GEORGIA
    • Misc. Notes - Georgia
    • Anthon
    • Apalachee
    • Baker
    • Barrow
    • Bickley
    • Black Mountain
    • Blood Mountain
    • Brasstown Bald
    • Butts Mountain
    • Calhoun Gap
    • Chenocetah Mountain
    • Chestnut Mountain
    • Colquitt
    • Crystal Springs
    • Davis Memorial
    • Decatur County
    • Dick Ridge
    • Dublin
    • Fort Mountain
    • Glassy Mountain
    • Gloomy Mountain
    • Grassy Mountain
    • Hermitage
    • High Point
    • Hog Mountain
    • Ila
    • Johns Mountain
    • Lynch Mountain
    • Morgan (Bostwick)
    • Moultrie
    • Narrows
    • Norman Park
    • Pipeline (Turkey Mtn)
    • Rabun Bald
    • Rocky Mount
    • Stone Mountain
    • Taliaferro
    • Tower No.
  • INDIANA
    • Borden
    • Brown County State Park
    • Cataract
    • Dutch Ridge
    • Ferdinand
    • Grandview
    • Hartwell
    • Henryville
    • Hickory Ridge
    • Houston
    • Jasper-Pulaski
    • Lacy (Shoals)
    • Lilly
    • Lincoln
    • Mason Ridge
    • McCormicks Creek
    • Muscatatuck
    • Orange
    • Ouabache
    • Pleasantville
    • Scales Lake
    • Skyline
    • West Fork
    • Willow Valley
    • Winamac
    • Wyandotte
  • KENTUCKY
    • Adaburg
    • Argillite
    • Asher
    • Bald Knob
    • Bald Rock
    • Baptist
    • Bear Track
    • Beaver Gap
    • Beech Fork
    • Bell
    • Benham Spur
    • Benton
    • Bernheim Forest
    • Beulah Heights
    • Blrd Branch
    • Bright
    • Card
    • Charleston
    • Chunklick
    • Crofton
    • Curry Hollow
    • Gray Knob
    • Hickory Flats
    • Holzclaw
    • Indian Trail
    • Kentucky Ridge
    • Little Black
    • Lucinda Knob
    • Manitou
    • Morehead Triangle
    • Mount Pisgah
    • Orchard Knob
    • Pilot Rock
    • Pine Mountain
    • Pine Mountain (Elva)
    • Pinnacle Knob
    • Pinnacle Mountain
    • Potato Knob
    • Putney
    • Reed Ridge
    • Robinson
    • S - Tree
    • Savage
    • Sewellton
    • Spann Hill
    • Stearns
    • Tater Knob
    • MISC NOTES _ Kentucky
  • MAINE
    • Misc. Notes - Maine
    • Allagash Mountain
    • Almanac Mountain
    • Ararat Mountain
    • Atherton Hill
    • Attean Mountain
    • Azizcoos Mountain
    • Bailey Mountain
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bald Mountain (Dedham)
    • Barren Mountain
    • Bear Mountain
    • Beech Mountain
    • Beetle Mountain #33
    • Bigelow Mountain
    • Black Cat Mountain
    • Blackstrap Hill
    • Blue Hill
    • Blue Mountain
    • Boarstone Mountain
    • Boundary Bald Mountain
    • Clear Lake Mountain
    • Cobb Hill
    • Coburn Mountain
    • Depot Mountain
    • Frye Mountain
    • Kibbie Mountain #24
    • Lead Mountain
    • Millinocket Hill
    • Mount Abraham
    • Mount Agamenticus
    • Mount Hope
    • Mountain Hill (Haskell Hill)
    • Ossipee Hill
    • Pleasant Mountain
    • Priestly Mountain
    • Rocky Mountain
    • Saddleback Mountain
    • Schoodic Mountain
    • Snow Mountain
    • Soper Mountain
    • Squaw Mountain
    • Wesley Mountain
    • Whitney Hill
  • MARYLAND
    • Bittinger
    • Brandywine
    • Church Creek
    • Cub Hill
    • Dan's Rock
    • Fair Hill
    • Foxville
    • Foy's Hill
    • Hamburg
    • High Knob
    • Hillmeade
    • Lamb's Knoll
    • Long Hill
    • Madonna
    • McClellans
    • Muirkirk
    • Nassawango
    • Quantico
    • Quirauk
    • Roth Rock
    • Salamander Rock
    • Shiloh
    • Sideling
    • Snaggy Mountain
    • St John's Rock
    • Stoney Forest
    • Thayerville
    • Town Hill
    • Warrior Mountain
    • Western Union
  • MASSACHUSETTS
    • Misc. History
    • Airfield Hill
    • Alander Mountain
    • Baldpate Hill
    • Barden Hill
    • Bare Hill
    • Bear Hill
    • Becket Mountain
    • Berlin Mountain
    • Billington Hill
    • Bluff Head
    • Bonney Hill
    • Borden Mountain
    • Brodie Mountain
    • Brownies
    • Brush Hill
    • Burrill Hill
    • Captain's Hill
    • Fay Mountain
    • Gibbet Hill
    • Hart's Hill
    • Moores Hill (Goshen)
    • Mount Everett
    • Mount Grace
    • Mount Lincoln
    • Mount Massaemet
    • Mount Watatic
    • Richmond Hill
    • Shoot Flying Hill
    • Signal Hill
    • Steerage Rock
    • Wachusett Mountain
  • MICHIGAN
    • Misc. Notes
    • Alfred
    • Alger
    • Amasa
    • Arnold
    • Arvon
    • Atlanta
    • Aylsworth - Johnson
    • Baraga
    • Barbeau
    • Barton
    • Bates
    • Bear Creek
    • Beaver
    • Beech Hill
    • Bergland
    • Bessemer
    • Big Bay
    • Blaney
    • Bliss
    • Boon Hill
    • Bowman
    • Boyne Falls
    • Briar Hill
    • Brule
    • Buck Hill
    • Buell
    • Caberfae
    • Cadillac
    • Calumet
    • Carp Lake
    • Castile Hill
    • Cedar
    • Chippewa Hill
    • Chub Lake
    • Cliff
    • Comins
    • Comstock Hill (Lewiston)
    • Conners
    • Cooks
    • Copper Peak
    • Copps
    • Covington
    • Croton
    • Crystal
    • Curran
    • Custer (Kintner)
    • Daggett
    • Demond Hill
    • Deward
    • Donken
    • Down River
    • Drummond
    • Dukes
    • Dunbar
    • Eagling
    • East
    • East Tawas Forest Nursery
    • East Township
    • Eckerman
    • Eckerman Corner
    • Elk Hill
    • Elm River
    • Escanaba River
    • Farwell
    • Feldtman Ridge
    • Fence Lake
    • Ferry
    • Fife Lake
    • Fisk Knob
    • Flat Rock
    • Flathorn
    • Floodwood
    • Fordney
    • Forest Lake
    • Fox Lake
    • Gibbs
    • Gilchrist
    • Gladwin
    • Glen Harbor
    • Glennie
    • Glover Lake
    • Goetzville
    • Golden Lake
    • Gould City
    • Grand Lake
    • Grant spar tree
    • Grass Lake
    • Greenland
    • Gypsy Lake
    • Hairpin Curve
    • Hale
    • Hansen - Stolberg
    • Harrison
    • Hebron
    • Higgins Lake
    • Highwood
    • Honor
    • Horseshoe Lake
    • Houghton Lake
    • Houghton Lake Southeast
    • Imp Lake
    • Iron Mountain
    • Iron River
    • K.B.
    • Lake Emma
    • Lake Gogebic
    • Lee
    • Long Lake
    • Mackinac Island
    • Mallard Lake
    • Manistique
    • Maple City
    • Maple Hill
    • Matchwood
    • Maxton
    • Mayfield
    • McFarland
    • McNearney Lake
    • Mission Hill
    • Moddersville
    • Moran
    • Mount Ojibway
    • Nestor
    • Newberry
    • Norway
    • Norwich
    • Ogemaw
    • Omer
    • Otter Lake
    • Panorama Hill
    • Paradise East
    • Peacock
    • Perch Lake
    • Pigeon River
    • Pinora
    • Pomeroy Lake
    • Prescott
    • Presque Isle South
    • Ramsay
    • Reeder Hill
    • Rollways
    • Seney
    • Seven Mile Hill
    • Silver Creek
    • Silver Lake
    • Silver Mountain
    • South Tower
    • Spaulding
    • Steuben
    • Stonington
    • Tallman
    • Teepee Lake
    • Tolfree
    • Trout Creek
    • Turin
    • Verona
    • Vulcan Hill
    • Waco
    • Walsh
    • Watersmeet
    • Yankee Springs
    • General & Misc
  • MISSISSIPPI
    • Misc. Notes - Miss.
    • Bilbo
    • Brownsville
    • Gore Springs
    • Green Mountain
    • Knoxville
    • Leesdale
    • Maxie
    • McHenry
    • Monticello
    • Moore
    • Moselle
    • Pine Mountain
    • Pleasant Hill
    • Ramsay
    • Rocky Hill
    • Rolling Fork
    • Shockaloo
    • Wilmot
    • Winborn
  • NEW HAMPSHIRE
    • Abenaki
    • Attitash-Bear Peak
    • Bear Hill
    • Bear Island
    • Beech Hill
    • Belknap Mountain
    • Black Mountain
    • Black Mountain (Benton)
    • Blue Job Mountain
    • Cambridge Black
    • Cannon Mountain
    • Cardigan Mountain
    • Carr Mountain
    • Carter
    • Carter Dome
    • Catamount Mountain
    • Cherry Mountain
    • Cooley Hill
    • Craney Hill
    • Crotched Mountain
    • Croydon Mountain
    • Crystal Mountain
    • Currier Mountain
    • Deer Mountain
    • Devils Den
    • Diamond Peak..
    • Dix Peak
    • Federal Hill
    • Gardner Ridge
    • Garrison Hill
    • Grandview
    • Great Hill
    • Green Mountain
    • Hancock Spur
    • Hyland Hill
    • Jodrie Hill
    • Magalloway Mountain
    • Middle Sister
    • Milan Hill
    • Mount Carrigan
    • Mount Chocorua
    • Mount Hale
    • Mount Kearsarge (North)
    • Pitcher Mountain
    • Red Hill
    • Signal Mountain
    • Smarts Mountain
    • Stinson Mountain
    • Stratham Hill
    • Sugarloaf Mountain
    • Warner Hill
    • West Magalloway
    • West Royce
    • Whitcomb Mountain
    • Wildcat
  • NEW JERSEY
    • Apple Pie Hill
    • Bass River
    • Batsto (Mansion)
    • Batsto
    • Bear Swamp Hill
    • Bearfort
    • Belleplain
    • Blue Anchor
    • Budd Lake
    • Camp Dix
    • Catfish
    • Cedar Bridge
    • Culvers Lake
    • Dias Creek
    • Edison
    • Four Mile
    • Green Pond Mountain
    • Greystone
    • Hominy Hills
    • Jamesburg
    • Kinnelon
    • Lakehurst Naval Air Station
    • Lakewood
    • Lebanon
    • McKeetown
    • Medford
    • Millville
    • Milton
    • Mizpah
    • Penn Forest
    • Ramapo
    • Windbeam
    • Woodmansie
  • NEW YORK
    • Alma Hill
    • Ampersand Mountain
    • Arab Mountain
    • Azure Mountain
    • Bald Mountain
    • Balsam Lake Mountain
    • Bayshore
    • Beacon Hill
    • Bear Mountain (Perkins)
    • Beaver Lake Mountain
    • Beebe Hill
    • Belfry Mountain
    • Belle Ayre
    • Berlin Mountain
    • Berry Hill
    • Black Mountain
    • Black Rock Forest
    • Blue Mountain
    • Boreas Mountain
    • Bova Mountain
    • Bramley Mountain
    • Brookfield
    • Buck Mountain..
    • Camp Upton
    • Castor Hill
    • Cat Mountain
    • Catamount Mountain
    • Cathead Mountain
    • Central Islip
    • Colfax Mountain
    • Cross River
    • Dix Hills
    • Flanders Hill
    • Fort Noble Mountain
    • Gallis Hill
    • Goodnow Mountain
    • Hadley Mountain
    • Hartzfelt Mountain
    • High Point
    • Hurricane Mountain
    • Jersey Hill
    • Kane Mountain
    • Kempshall Mountain
    • Loon Lake Mountain
    • Lyon Mountain
    • Moosehead Mountain
    • Mount Adams
    • Mount Morris
    • Mount Tremper
    • Number Four
    • Oakdale
    • Ohmer Mountain
    • Overlook Mountain
    • Owlshead Mountain
    • Petersburg Mountain
    • Pocatello Mountain
    • Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain
    • Red Hill
    • Slide Mountain.
    • Snowy Mountain
    • Spruce Mountain
    • St. Regis Mountain
    • Sterling Mountain
    • Stillwater Mountain
    • Stissing Mountain
    • Stony Hill
    • T Lake Mountain
    • Telescope Hill (Selden)
    • Utsayantha Mountain
    • Whiteface Mountain
    • Woodhull Mountain
    • MISC.
  • NORTH CAROLINA
    • Misc. Notes - N.C.
    • Ahoskie
    • Air Bellows
    • Albert Mountain
    • Anderson Mountain
    • Ansonville
    • Apex
    • Bannerman
    • Barnett Knob
    • Bayleaf - 1
    • Bayleaf - 2
    • Bearwallow Mountain
    • Beaverdam Bald
    • Belcross
    • Benns Knob
    • Big Knob
    • Big Stamp
    • Biggerstaff Mountain
    • Black Swamp
    • Bolivia
    • Boone
    • Buck Mountain
    • Butner
    • Cameron Hill
    • Camp
    • Camp Creek Bald
    • Camp Parrydice
    • Cane Mountain
    • Carter Top
    • Carthage Courthouse
    • Carolina Hotel (Pinehurst)
    • Caswell County
    • Catherine Lake
    • Chesapeake
    • Chestnut Mountain
    • Clingman's Dome
    • Dugger Mountain
    • Duke Chapel Tower (Durham)
    • Dunn Mountain
    • Edgecombe
    • Engelhard
    • Foreman
    • Fountain
    • Fox Mountain
    • Frye Mountain
    • Greens Cross
    • Hassell
    • Henderson
    • High Windy
    • Hillsborough
    • Jefferson
    • Johanna Bald
    • Jones Lake
    • Linney's Mountain
    • Louisburg
    • Mount Mitchell
    • Newkirk
    • Palistine
    • Pilot Mountain
    • Rendezvous Mountain
    • Riegel
    • Sassafras Knob (MTN)
    • Scranton
    • Shallotte
    • Simmons
    • South Mills
    • Southern Pines
    • Spruce Pine
    • Standing Indian Bald
    • Toxaway Mountain
    • Warren County
    • Wayah Bald
    • Wilmar
    • Winespring Bald
    • Woodville
  • OHIO
    • Armintrout
    • Ash Cave
    • Atkinson Ridge
    • Bloomfield
    • Blue Rock
    • Brush Ridge
    • Copperhead Hill
    • Green Ridge
    • Keystone
    • Limerick
    • Lone Pine
    • Mohican
    • New Castle Hill
    • Rockbridge
    • Rockhouse
    • Scioto Trail
    • Senecaville
    • Shawnee
    • Simmering Ridge
    • Snake Ridge
    • Tappan
    • Telegraph Hill
    • West Point
    • Woods Ridge
  • PENNSYLVANIA (A-F)
    • Misc. History
    • Abbott Mountain
    • Allegheny Ridge
    • Ardell Farm
    • Aristes (Centralia)
    • Asaph
    • Baer Mountain
    • Bailey
    • Bailey Run Fork
    • Baker Oven
    • Bald Eagle (Tyrone)
    • Bald Eagle
    • Bald Knob
    • Bald Knob
    • Bald Knob
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bald Mountain
    • Baldwin Run
    • Bally
    • Banning Knob
    • Barree
    • Bear Cave
    • Blar Creek
    • Bear Run
    • Bears Head
    • Bell Branch
    • Berkey Hill
    • Beyer Camp
    • Biedler
    • Big Bear Spring
    • Big Fire Line
    • Big Flat
    • Big Knob (Flat)
    • Big Knob
    • Big Pine Hill
    • Big Pocono
    • Big Poe Mountain
    • Big Ridge
    • Big Rocky Hill
    • Big Shinney
    • Blue Knob
    • Blue Mountain
    • Blue Ridge
    • Blue Ridge (Mt Dunlap)
    • Boot Jack Hill
    • Boyer's Knob
    • Brush Mountain
    • Catawissa
    • Cherry Springs
    • Chimney Rocks
    • Coal Knob
    • Cole Hill
    • Cook Forest
    • Cove Mountain
    • Cow Catcher
    • Cresco Heights
    • Delaware Water Gap
    • Dry Land Hill
    • Elstie
    • Fox Hill
    • Freeland
  • PENNSYLVANIA (G-P)
    • Glen Campbell
    • Glen Summit
    • Gould's
    • Grandview
    • Hanley
    • Harveys
    • High Knob
    • Highland Fling
    • Hopewell
    • Humboldt
    • Jacks Mountain
    • Keffer's
    • Kellogg Mountain
    • Kooser Mountain
    • Lightner
    • Little Mountain
    • Long Mountain
    • Lower Yoder
    • Lytles Knob (Loop)
    • Marienville
    • Marshburg
    • Martin Hill
    • McDade
    • Mehoopany
    • Mount Pleasant
    • Mountain Top
    • Negro Mountain
    • Oak Knob
    • Old Town
    • Paddy Mountain
    • Penn View
    • Penobscot Mountain
    • Pine Mountain
    • Prospect Hill
    • Pumping Station
  • PENNSYLVANIA (R-Z)
    • Rarick Hill
    • Rattlesnake Pike
    • Rauchtown
    • Resica
    • Riansares
    • Ricketts
    • Rising Mountain
    • Robertsville
    • Rockhill
    • Rockton
    • Round Mountain (Knob)
    • Salem Mountain
    • Sand Mountain (Centre)
    • Sand Mountain
    • Sandy Ridge (Summit)
    • Scrub Oak
    • Shade Mountain
    • Shaffers Path
    • Sherman's Mountain
    • Shickshinny
    • Sideling Hill
    • Staley's Knob
    • Statler Hill
    • Stony Point
    • Strattenville
    • Sugar Loaf Mountain
    • Summit Colliery ??
    • Tark Hill
    • The Loop
    • Tionesta
    • Trevorton
    • Tri-County
    • Tuscarora
    • Tussey Mountain
    • Wheeler
    • Whetham
    • White Rock
    • William Penn Memorial
    • Woodward
    • *******
  • RHODE ISLAND
    • Blackstone Valley
    • Bowen Hill
    • Buck Hill
    • Chopmist Hill
    • Durfee Hill
    • Escoheag Hill
    • George Washington
    • Mowry
    • Nooseneck Hill
    • Pine Hill
    • Quaker Hill
    • Shannock Hill
    • Tunk Hill
    • Wickaboxet Hill
    • Woonsocket
  • SOUTH CAROLINA
    • Adams Run
    • Appleton
    • Arthur
    • Atkins
    • August Hill
    • Aynor
    • Ballentine
    • Bamburg
    • Barnwell
    • Bennettsville
    • Bethera
    • Big Knob
    • Bishopville
    • Black River
    • Blaney
    • Blenheim
    • Blythewood
    • Bonneau
    • Brittons Neck
    • Brookgreen
    • Browns Mountain
    • Buck Hall
    • Buffalo
    • Bull Island
    • Calhoun
    • Camden
    • Cane Branch
    • Cassatt
    • Cassels
    • Catchall
    • Chester
    • Clemson
    • Cleveland
    • Cook
    • Cooper
    • Corbin Mountain
    • Cordesville
    • Cottageville
    • Craytonville
    • Cross
    • Cross Anchor
    • Davidson
    • Dentsville
    • Dillon
    • Draytonville
    • Dunbarton
    • Duncan
    • Earle
    • Eastover
    • Edgefield
    • Edisto
    • Elko
    • Epworth
    • Faulkner Mountain
    • Ferguson Mountain
    • Foreston
    • Fork Shoals
    • Fort Motte
    • Gaston
    • Gilbert
    • Glassy Mountain
    • Graniteville
    • Gravel Hill
    • Green Pond
    • Harbison State Forest
    • Hartsville
    • Hawthorne
    • Hilton Head
    • Hobbysville
    • Hodges
    • Holly Hill
    • Honey Hill
    • Horsehead Creek
    • Issaqueena
    • Jamestown
    • Jenkinsville
    • Johns Island
    • Kelly
    • Key Bridge
    • Lake Murray
    • Latta
    • Lee-Matthews (Olanta)
    • Leeds
    • Leesville
    • Liberty Hill (Edgefield)
    • Liberty Hill
    • Little Mountain
    • Lodge
    • Long Creek (Round Mtn)
    • Long Lane Branch
    • Lowndesville
    • McBee
    • McCormick
    • Meade
    • Monetta
    • Mont Clare
    • Mountville
    • Myrtle Beach Estates
    • Neese's
    • New Zion
    • Northampton
    • Oakley
    • Oakway
    • Oakwood
    • Oates
    • Okeetee
    • Paris Mountain
    • Parsons Mountain
    • Patrick
    • Pineville
    • Primus
    • Ridgeland
    • Riverside
    • Rowesville
    • Ruby
    • Saint George
    • Saluda
    • Sassafras Mountain
    • Sedalia
    • Sharon
    • Shiloh
    • Silverton
    • Simpson
    • Spring Hill
    • State Park
    • Stateburg
    • Stringer Ridge
    • Summerville
    • Timmonsville
    • Tip Top
    • Troy
    • Tuxbury Lumber Company
    • Wagener
    • Wallace (Ballast Ridge)
    • Way
    • White Oak
    • Whitestone
    • Winyah Bay
    • Woodlawn
    • Yauhannah
  • TENNESSEE
    • Adams
    • AEDC (The Barrens)
    • Aetna
    • Allardt
    • Alpine (Pilot)
    • Altamont
    • Anthony Hill
    • Antioch
    • Avondale
    • Bacon Ridge
    • Barrow Hollow
    • Bays Mountain (Garden Mtn)
    • Beaver Bald
    • Bee Rock
    • Beech Bluff
    • Beersheba (Dykes Mtn)
    • Bell
    • Belle Eagle
    • Ben Parton
    • Bennett
    • Black Creek
    • Blanket Mountain
    • Bon Aqua
    • Bryson Mountain
    • Catoosa
    • Center
    • Chimney Top
    • Clinch Mountain
    • Cove Mountain
    • Dover
    • English Mountain
    • Fall Creek Falls
    • Fisherville
    • Flatwood
    • Frozen Head
    • High Spur
    • Hiwassee Knob
    • Hobbs Hill
    • Hohenwald
    • Holston High Knob
    • Hurricane
    • Jakes Mountain
    • Jennings Knob
    • Keith Springs
    • Kettle Foot
    • Kingston Springs
    • Leach
    • Look Rock
    • Maynardville
    • Meadow Creek
    • Millsfield
    • Monterey
    • Mooresburg (Flat Gap)
    • Natchez Trace (Headquarters)
    • Oswald Bald
    • Parker Hill
    • Petway
    • Pickett
    • Pinnacle Mountain
    • Roan Mountain (High Knob)
    • Rockwood (Mt Roosevelt)
    • Sale Creek
    • Sassafras Knob
    • Sewanee
    • Short Mountain
    • Silverdale
    • Sneedville
    • Sparta
    • Springdale
    • Standing Stone
    • Stoney Point
    • Stony Creek
    • Sullivan's Ridge
    • Summertown
    • Sycamore
    • Theta
    • Van Hill
    • Westpoint
    • White Rock
    • Whitetop Knobs
    • Wolf Pen
    • Wright Mountain
  • VERMONT
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bear Mountain (Hill)
    • Bellevue Hill
    • Belvidere Mountain
    • Bolton Mountain
    • Bromley Mountain
    • Burke Mountain
    • Buzzell Hill
    • Camel's Hump
    • Chipman Hill
    • Cow Mountain
    • Dorset Peak
    • Elmore Mountain
    • Equinox Mountain
    • Gile Mountain
    • Gilson Mountain
    • Glastenbury Mountain
    • Gore Mountain
    • Haystack Mountain
    • Killington Peak
    • Monadnock Mountain
    • Mount Ascutney
    • Mount Carmel
    • Mount Cushman
    • Mount Olga
    • Mount Philo
    • Okemo Mountain
    • Owl's Head Mountain
    • Pico Peak
    • Robert Frost Mountain
    • Round Mountain
    • Sable Mountain
    • Saxon's Hill
    • Scragg Mountain
    • Spruce Knob
    • Spruce Mountain
    • Stone Mountain
    • Stratton Mountain
    • West Pond Mountain
  • VIRGINIA
    • Alton
    • Amelia # 31
    • Apple Orchard Mountain
    • Ark
    • Bald Knob
    • Bald Mountain
    • Bald Mountain (JNF)
    • Bartlick
    • Bearwallow
    • Bedford
    • Big A Mountain
    • Big Bend
    • Big Knob
    • Birdnest
    • Blakey Ridge
    • Bluff Mountain
    • Bother Knob
    • Bowers Hill
    • Brushy Mountain
    • Buck Knob
    • Bull Mountain
    • Butt Mountain
    • Capron
    • Caroline (Baylor)
    • Carters Mountain
    • Center Cross
    • Chancellor
    • Chestnut Knob
    • Chestnut Mountain
    • Comers Rock
    • Cow Knob
    • Culpeper
    • Cumberland
    • Dickey Mountain
    • Duncan Knob
    • East Leake (Gum Springs)
    • Elliot Knob
    • Feather Camp
    • Flagpole Knob
    • Groundhog Mountain
    • Hardscrabble Knob
    • Hazel Mountain
    • High Knob
    • High Knob
    • High Rock
    • Hog Back
    • Hunter
    • Isle of Wight
    • Jasper Cliff
    • Jones Knob
    • King George (Circle)
    • Leigh Mountain
    • Meadows
    • Miller's Head (Skyland)
    • North Mountain
    • Nottoway (Blackstone)
    • Pender
    • Pine Knob
    • Pitt
    • Riven Rocks
    • Sharp Top
    • Sounding Knob
    • Trayfoot Mountain
    • Trico
    • Wallace Peak
    • White Rock (Mill Mtn)
    • Wise Mountain
    • Woodstock
    • Misc. Notes - Virginia
  • WEST VIRGINIA
    • Misc. Notes - W.V.
    • Backbone Mountain (Olson)
    • Bald Knob z
    • Barton Knob
    • Beardon Knob
    • Beaver Lick Mountain
    • Bee Mountain
    • Bell Knob
    • Berwind
    • Bickle Knob
    • Big Mountain
    • Big Ridge
    • Black Mountain
    • Blair Mountain
    • Briery Knob
    • Brushy Mountain
    • Buck Knob
    • Buffalo Mountain
    • Burning Rock
    • Cabell
    • Cabin Hill
    • Caddell Mountain
    • Carlin Hill
    • Cheat View
    • Coalwood
    • Dolly Sods (Plains)
    • Elk Horn Rock
    • Gatewood
    • Gaudineer Knob
    • Half Moon Mountain
    • Hanging Rock
    • Hopkins Mountain
    • Huff's Knob
    • Ivy Knob
    • Keeney's Knob
    • Lambert Knob
    • Mann Mountain
    • Michael Mountain
    • Mikes Knob
    • Mingo Mountain
    • Mozark Mountain
    • Nathaniel Mountain
    • Niges Cliff
    • Olga
    • Paddy Knob
    • Panther State Forest
    • Pigeon Roost
    • Pike Knob
    • Pilot Knob
    • Point Mountain
    • Red Oak
    • Red Spruce
    • Sharps Knob
    • Smoke Camp Knob
    • Snowshoe
    • Spring Mountain
    • Sugar Grove
    • Tams Mountain
    • Thorny Mountain
    • Tick Ridge
    • Wriston Knob

WEST VIRGINIA

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MISC. NOTES - WEST VIRGINIA

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BACKBONE MOUNTAIN (OLSON)

Tucker County  -  Monongahela National Forest
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BALD KNOB

Pocahontas County  -  West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
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BARTON KNOB

Randolph County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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BEARDEN KNOB

Tucker County  -  Monongahela National Forest
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BEAVER LICK MOUNTAIN (WHITE ROCK)

Pocahontas County  -  National Forest
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BEE MOUNTAIN

Kanawha County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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BELL KNOB

Grant County  -  Monongahela National Forest
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BERWIND

McDowell County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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BICKLE KNOB

Randolph County  -  Monongahela National Forest
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BIG MOUNTAIN

Webster County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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BIG RIDGE

Hardy County  -  West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
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BLACK MOUNTAIN

Pocahontas County  -  State
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BLAIR MOUNTAIN

Logan County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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BRIERY KNOB

Pocahontas County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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BRUSHY MOUNTAIN

Greenbrier/Monroe Counties  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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BUCK KNOB

Lincoln County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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BUFFALO MOUNTAIN

Mingo County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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BURNING ROCK

Wyoming County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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CABELL

Cabell County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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CABIN HILL

Logan County  -  West Virginia Conservation Commission
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CADDELL MOUNTAIN

Preston County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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CANAAN MOUNTAIN

Tucker County  -  Monongahela National Forest
1927 - National Archives (OPA)
1927 - National Archives (OPA)
1933 - National Archives (OPA)
1937 - National Archives (OPA)

1943:  The lookout was no longer needed for fire detection purposes.  The duties were transferred to the new lookout at Beardon Knob.

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CARLIN HILL

Wetzel County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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CHEAT VIEW

Monongalia County  -  State
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CHERTLAND MOUNTAIN

Mineral County

October 10, 1926:  "In Mineral county, the Chertland Mountain observer is connected with the Chertland Orchard Company's telephone station which is served from the Cumberland, Maryland central office."  (Charleston Gazette)
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COALWOOD

McDowell County  -  Private
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COTTLE KNOB

Nicholas County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

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DOLLY SODS  (PLAINS)

Grant/Tucker Counties - Monongahela National Forest
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ELK KNOB

Boone County  -  West Virginia Conservation Commission

October 10, 1926:  "The Elk Knob observer may transfer messages from Whitesville over lines connected with the East Bank switchboard."  (Charleston Gazette)
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ELK HORN ROCK

Grant/Hardy County  -  West Virginia Div. of Forestry
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FATEWOOD  (Same as Gatewood ???)

Monongahela National Forest
1933 - National Archives (OPA)
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GARTIN KNOB

Lincoln County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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GATEWOOD

Randolph County  -  Monongahela National Forest

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GAUDINEER KNOB

Pocahontas County  -  Monongahela National Forest
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GAULEY MOUNTAIN

Fayette County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

October 10, 1926:  "The Gauley Mountain tower has telephone connection with the Gauley Mountain Coal Company at Ansted where messages can be relayed to the central office at Fayetteville."  (Charleston Gazette)

August 8, 1928:  "J.M. Hammond, of Ansted, has been appointed the new section ranger with headquarters at the Gauley mountain fire tower.  The fire tower has been completely renovated, with new roof, new windows, new floor in observation room and a coat of paint."  (Charleston Daily Mail)

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GRASSY KNOB

Greenbrier County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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HALF MOON MOUNTAIN

Hardy County  -  Shenandoah National Forest
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HANGING ROCK (PETERS MOUNTAIN)

Monroe County  -  Jefferson National Forest
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HIGH POINT  (KNOB)

Hampshire/Frederick (Va.) Counties  -  George Washington National Forest

Situated on the state line between West Virginia and Virginia.

1946 - National Archives (OPA)
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HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK

Webster County  -  West Virginia Conservation Commission
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HOPKINS MOUNTAIN

Greenbrier County  -  Monongahela National Forest
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HUFF'S KNOB

Raleigh County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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IVY KNOB

Raleigh/Wyoming Counties  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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JACKSON KNOB

Fayette County

October 10, 1926:  "The Jackson Knob tower connects with the mine telephone system at Whitaker which is served from the East Bank central office." (Telephone service)  (Charleston Gazette)
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JOB KNOB

Greenbrier County  -  State
c.1915 - 4th Biennial Report of the FG&F Warden

1913-14:   "Honorable H.E. Williams donated all of the lumber and delivered same on the ground for the Job Knob Station."  (Biennial Report - Forest, Game & Fish Warden - West Virginia - 1913-14)

1916:  "This station is located in Williamsburg District, Greenbrier County, nineteen miles from Richwood, and is under the supervision of David Frame.  The station may be reached by carriage or on horseback from Richwood.  The elevation is 4,388 feet and commands a view of approximately 800 square miles.  The watchman, James H. McMillion, lives nine miles from the station, and stays at the station each night.  He receives his mail at Trout, West Virginia, once a week, and telegrams can be delivered to the station in twenty minutes from Renick. West Virginia."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)
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JOHNSON KNOB

Kanawha County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

April 26, 1929:  The Southern West Virginia Fire Protective association appropriated $1,500 for the construction of a 73-foot steel forest observation tower at Johnson Knob, Kanawha county.  (Charleston Daily Mail)

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KEENEY'S KNOB

Summers County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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LAMBERT KNOB

Wyoming County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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LAUREL HILL

Barbour/Randolph Counties  -  State
c.1914:  State Forest, Game & Fish Warden - Biennial Report

1913-1914:   "L.L. Bennett contracted to supply a watchman at his own expense for a term of three years for Laurel Hill Station."  (Biennial Report - Forest, Game & Fish Warden - West Virginia - 1913-14)

1916:  "This station is located on the line between Barbour and Randolph Counties, seven miles from Elkins and five miles from Bellington.  The elevation is 3,075 feet and commands a view of approximately 500 square miles.  No regular watchman is employed as there is a family living within two hundred feet of the station and these people go to the tower several times daily and make observations, and report any fires discovered to this office from which point they are taken charge of or deputies notified.  The station is built only one story high, and is not enclosed.  A map table is used and a metal cover to protect it from the weather is provided.
      Practically all land in the territory of this station is in small tracts, and as the section is thickly settled and good phone service may be had very few bad fires occur."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)
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LICK KNOB

Fayette/Raleigh County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

1916: 
"This station is located in Clear Fork District, Raleigh County, almost on the boundary line between that county and Fayette, three miles from Kingston, and is the supervision of J.E. Woodson.  The station may be reached on foot from Kingston.  The elevation is 3,150 feet and commands an excellent view of the territory in that section.  This station was contracted for in the spring of 1916, and was only completed this summer.  However, Luther Proffit of Kingston was placed on duty as temporary watchman and patrolman in various directions several times each day.  He receives his mail at Kingston, in care of the Solvay Collieries Company, who will phone the message to him within a few minutes.
     One and one-half miles of telephone line have been built connecting with the private line of the Solvay Collieries Company at one of their mines.  They agreed to relay messages to the local lines until such time as arrangements can be made to connect direct with these lines."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)

June 1921:  "On May 10, 1921. the Lookout Station on Lick Knob, was completed and it is now in operation.  This work has been accomplished largely through the active and earnest cooperation of public spirited citizens of the State with the forest officers, in their efforts to further forest protection.  E.N. Wriston is in charge of the Lookout Station under direction of C.W. Harding,  Forest Fire Warden."  (American Forestry)

April 9, 1926:  "A reward of $500 has been offered by the state game and fish commission for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who destroyed the Lick Knob forest fire tower at Kingston, Fayette county.  This action was taken by the commission at its meeting last week but was not announced until today.
     During the winter when the forest fire hazard is slight the Lick Knob tower is not occupied.  That it had been chopped down was not learned until recently when E.N. Wristen, district fire warden, visited the scene and found a mass of wreckage marking the site of the old tower.  Since then an investigation has been under way but without result.
     Construction of a 60-foot steel tower may be authorized by the commission at its next meeting, it was said today at the office of the commission."  (Charleston Daily Mail)

October 10, 1926:  "The Lick Knob tower near Kingston, also in Fayette County is connected with the Oak Hill central office." (Telephone service)  (Charleston Gazette)

November 28, 1943:  "An incident beautiful in what it symbolized occurred Thanksgiving day at the Lick Knob forest fire lookout tower near Kingston.
     That afternoon about 3 o'clock an airplane soared over the tower, which extends upward to 3,150 feet above the sea, and the observer there, Ira Sowder, saw a package come tumbling toward the tower.  Of course, since this is the heart of America, it wasn't a bomb he saw falling.  It was a package of roofing, intended to shelter human heads instead of destroy them.
     Herbert L. Sessler, manager of Scott Field, and Claud Sowder, of Glen Rogers, son of the observer, were aboard the plane, and they took the roofing by air because getting it in by trail from Kingston or Pax would have been a great ordeal.
     Observer Sowder, impressed by the incident, set down some of his thoughts about it, and we are indebted to him for the privilege of reproducing:
     'Thanksgiving day.  About 20 visitors.  Herb Sessler delivered me a roll of roofing by plane.  My son, Claud Sowder, rode with him and 'laid the egg'.  It looked like a bomb dropped out.  I was glad to get it from above.  It would have been hard to have carried it in from Kingston or Pax.  We are going to get him to bring us some paint right away.  We really thank Mr. Sessler for this cooperation.  I wanted Mr. Trump and Mr. Wriston to take the trip with the freight, but they were tied up on account of fires.  They had several fires on Thanksgiving day.
     'The plane really looked good from my tower, which is 3,150 feet above sea level, 710 feet above Beckley, and I can see fires over four counties.' "  (Raleigh Register)

November 28, 1943:  "The observer and his son, who operates the Dixon Motor company, at Glen Rogers, built a windmill at the Lick Knob tower which furnishes power to generate electricity for lights and a radio receiving set.  Both father and son are adept at mechanics; in fact during the periods when he is not on duty as an observer the father often works with the son in the garage at Glen Rogers."  (Raleigh Register)
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LITTLE MOUNTAIN

Pocahontas County  -  National Forest
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LONE STAR

Nicholas County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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MANN MOUNTAIN

Fayette County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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McGOWAN

Tucker County  -  State

May 20, 1913:   $142.50 was spent on trail and telephone line construction.  (West Virginia - Forest, Game & Fish Warden Biennial Report 1913-14)

1916:  "This station is located in Black Fork District of Tucker County, three miles from Hambleton, and is under the supervision of F.M. Glenn.  The station may be reached on foot from Hambleton.  The elevation is 3,354 feet and commands a view of approximately six hundred square miles.  The watchman, Clyde Westfall, lives at Hambleton and only stays at the station at night when there is very dry weather.  He receives his mail each day at Hambleton, and telegrams can be delivered to him from the same point by phone in ten minutes.
     Two and three-fourths miles of phone line have been built.  This is known as the "McGowan Line,' and connects with the Mutual Lines at Hendricks.  The line is partly built on poles and partly on trees and is in fair condition."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)
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MICHAEL MOUNTAIN

Pocahontas County  -  West Virginia Conservation Commission
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MIKES KNOB

Greenbrier County  -  Monongahela National Forest
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MINGO (HORSEPEN MOUNTAIN)

Mingo County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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MOUNTAIN VIEW

Pocahontas County  -  State

1914:  A lookout was established on this point.

1916:  "This station is located in Edra District, Pocahontas County, four and one-half miles from Marlinton, and is under the supervision of F.M. Glenn.  The station may be reached on foot or horseback from Marlinton.  The elevation is 3,198 feet and commands a view of approximately 450 square miles.  The watchman, Warwick Ratliff, lives within one-half miles of the station, and has phone service to his house, so only stays at the station at night during very dry weather.  He receives his mail daily from Marlinton, from which point telegrams can be delivered to him within ten minutes by phone.
      Three-fourths of a mile of phone line has been built to this station, this being known as the 'Birds Run Line,' and connecting with the Mutual Lines of the Mountain View Orchard.  The line is built on poles and is in fair condition."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)
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MOZARK MOUNTAIN

Tucker County  -  Monongahela National Forest
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MT DESERT

Kanawha County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

December 4, 1927:  "During the Christmas holidays members of the hiking club will visit the forest fire tower on Mt. Desert in the vicinity of Putney, where they will spend two days and nights.  A cabin has been constructed at this tower which makes it ideal for week-end camps."  (Charleston Daily Mail)

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NATHANIEL MOUNTAIN

Hampshire County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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NIGES CLIFF

Pendleton County  -  West Virginia Conservation Commission
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NORTH MOUNTAIN

Berkeley County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

1929:  A tower was erected.

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NORTH FORK MOUNTAIN

Pendleton County  -  Monongahela National Forest

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OLGA

McDowell County
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PADDY KNOB

Pocahontas County  -  Monongehela National Forest
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PANTHER STATE FOREST

McDowell County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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PARTING SPRINGS

Randolph County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

October 10, 1926:  "The Parting Springs tower is served by a telephone connected with the Ranwood Store at Pickens where messages may be relayed over the lines of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone company."  (Charleston Gazette)
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PICKERING KNOB

Mingo County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

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PIGEON ROOST

Grant County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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PIKE KNOB

Pendleton County  -  National Forest
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PILOT KNOB

Mercer County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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PINEY KNOB

Boone County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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PINNACLE KNOB

Mineral County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

1916: 
"This station is located in Elk District, Mineral County, eight miles from Barnum, and is under the supervision of F.M. Glenn.  The station may be reached on foot from Barnum, but carriages or automobiles can get within one mile of station by going from Piedmont.  The elevation is 3,327 feet and commands a view of about 800 square miles.  The watchman, Charles H. Broadwater, lives five miles from the station, and goes home each night.  The station is only one story high, but a cabin will be built in the near future so that the watchman may remain there overnight in extremely dry weather.  He receives his mail from Barnum three times each week, and telegrams may be delivered to him from the same point by phone within ten minutes.
      Seven miles of phone line have been built to this station, three miles being known as the 'New Creek Line,' and connecting with the Mutual Lines at New Creek.  This line is built on both poles and trees and is in fair condition."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)

October 10, 1926:  "The Pinnacle Knob tower telephone is served from the New Creek Valley line which is connected with the Keyser central office."  (Charleston Gazette)
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POINT MOUNTAIN

Webster County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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POND RIDGE (WIDEN)

Clay County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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POPLAR RIDGE

Braxton County  -  West Virginia Conservation Commission
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POTATO HILL

Webster County  -  State

May 9, 1913:  A sum of $81.00 was spent on a contract in the establishment of a lookout structure.  (West Virginia - Forest, Game & Fish Warden Biennial Report 1913-14)

1916:  "This station is located in Fork Lick District, Webster County, twelve miles from Webster Springs, and is under the supervision of David Frame.  The station may be reached on horse-back from Webster Springs.  The elevation is 3,550 feet and commands a view of about 700 square miles.  The watchman, Roy R. Rutherford, gets his mail at Woodzell twice a week during the fire season, and at Webster Springs outside of the fire season.  The nearest telegraph office is Cowen, from which point messages can ordinarily be delivered to the station in one hour.  The watchman lives twelve miles from the station and necessarily has to stay at the station each night.
      Seven miles of telephone line have been built to the station, four miles being known as the 'Point Mountain Line,' and connecting with the Mutual Lines within one-half mile of Waneta.  This line is built on poles and is in good condition.  Three miles is known as the 'Potato Hill and Bergoo Line," and connects with the Beverly and Merlinton Lines at Bergoo.  This line is built mostly on trees and is in good condition."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)

October 10, 1926:  "In Webster County the Potato Hill tower is served by telephone lines connected with the central office at Webster Springs."  (Charleston Gazette)
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RED OAK

Webster County  -  Monogahela National Forest
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RED SPRUCE

Pocahontas County  -  Monongahela National Forest
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RICH KNOB

Greenbrier County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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RICH MOUNTAIN

Randolph County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

July 9, 1925:  "The Rich Mountain tower in Randolph county has an average observation range of 20 miles and in some directions forests for 30 miles can be observed from it."  (Charleston Gazette)

October 10, 1926:  "The Rich Mountain tower in Randolph county is connected with the central office of Beverly>" (Telephone service)  (Charleston Gazette)

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ROUND KNOB

Raleigh County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

October 10, 1926:  "The Round Knob tower, in Raleigh County is served by the Beckley central office." (Telephone service)  (Charleston Gazette)

August 8, 1928:  "The state game and fish commission announced Tuesday that construction on the new 75-foot steel observation tower for forest-fire wardens to be located on Round Knob, Raleigh county, will start within two weeks.  Round Knob is located near the head of Little Beaver river and has an altitude of 3,000 feet above sea level.
     The tower will be connected by telephone to the Beckley exchange and will be under the supervision of a new district ranger."  (Charleston Daily Mail)
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SAND SPRING

Preston County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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SHARP'S KNOB

Pocahontas County  -  Monongahela National Forest
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SHAWNEE MOUNTAIN

McDowell County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

October 10, 1926:  "The Shawnee Mountain tower in McDowell County is connected with the Northfork central office of the Bluefield Telephone Company."  (Charleston Gazette)

November 13, 1939:  "State Forester Dan Griffin reported today a widespread search in progress for a fire tower watchman missing 36 hours during a new outbreak of forest fires.
     All efforts to reach William Thompson at his station atop Shawnee mountain in McDowell county have failed, Griffin said.
     The official said the aid of the state police has been enlisted.  A separate search of the mountainous areas near the tower is being conducted."  (Steubenville Herald Star)
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SIDELING HILL

Morgan County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

1929:  A tower was erected.
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SIGNAL KNOB

Pocahontas County  -  State
c.1915 - 4th Biennial Report FG&F Warden

1913-14:  "Wildell Lumber Company furnished lumber and assisted in construction of Signal Knob Station."  (Biennial Report - Forest, Game & Fish Warden - West Virginia - 1913-14)

1916:  "This station is located in Green Bank District, Pocahontas County, two miles from Wildell, and is under supervision of F.M. Glenn.  The station may be reached on foot from Wildell.  The elevation is 4,200 feet, and commands a view of approximately 900 square miles.  The watchman, Paul Jones, lives two miles from the station and goes home each night except in very dry weather.  He receives his mail daily at Wildell, from which point telegrams can be delivered to him by phone in ten minutes.
      Two miles of phone line, known as the 'Signal Knob Line," has been built to the station, and connects with the Association line at Wildell.  This line is built on trees and is in fair condition."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)

October 10, 1926:  "The tower at Signal Knob near Wildell in Greenbrier County is connected by National Forest telephone circuits."  (Charleston Gazette)
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SLEEPY CREEK MOUNTAIN

Berkeley County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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SMOKE CAMP KNOB

Pocahontas County  -  Monogahela National Forest
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SNAGGY MOUNTAIN

Preston County  -  Maryland Department of Natural Resources

January 1, 1925:  "Construction of a 60-foot steel tower with modern equipment on Snaggy Mountain, just over the West Virginia line, and which will cover 4,000 acres of forest in Maryland, will begin this week, according to Karl Pfeiffer, assistant state forester.
     Cost of replacing the wooden lookout now used on the Garrett county side of the mountain will be borne by West Virginia, and Maryland will pay for the cost of maintaining it and also man the structure with three deputy wardens.  This marks another step in the co-operative program of fire prevention work by Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania."  (Cumberland Evening Times)

July 9, 1925:  "One of the finest observation towers in the state has been placed in operation on Snaggy mountain, near Terra Alta, and will be operated jointly by the forest protection officials of West Virginia and Maryland.  Forests for 15 miles in any direction can be protected from the tower in West Virginia and for ten miles in any direction in Maryland."  (Charleston Gazette)

October 10, 1926:  "The Snaggy Mountain tower on the Maryland-West Virginia state line is owned jointly by both states.  It is connected with the central offices at Terra Alta, W.Va. and Oakland, Md."  (Charleston Gazette)
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SNOWSHOE

Pocahontas County  -  Private
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SPRING MOUNTAIN

Logan County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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SPRUCE KNOB

Pendleton County  -  State
undated postcard - Ron Kemnow Collection

1916:  "This station is now being constructed in Circleville District, Pendleton County, and will be under the supervision of F.M. Glenn.  It is located on the extreme top of Spruce Knob, the highest point in the state, 4,860 feet, and naturally commands an excellent view of the surrounding territory.  Moses R. Bennett was put on duty as watchman during the spring season of 1916, in order to give him a chance to get acquainted with the people, and to distribute literature until such time as a station could be built.  The country surrounding this station contains much fine timber, and is not very thickly settled.  No data is yet available as to the amount of territory visible from the station but probably something near 1,000 square miles will be protected."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)
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STOP KNOB

Fayette County  -  West Virginia Conservation Commission

October 10, 1926:  "The Stop Knob tower near Powellton in Fayette County is served from the Montgomery central office." (Telephone service)  (Charleston Gazette)

April 26, 1929:  The Southern West Virginia Fire Protective association appropriated $400 to construct living quarters for the observer at Stop Knob, Fayette county.  (Charleston Daily Mail)
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SUGAR GROVE KNOB

Nicholas County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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TAMS MOUNTAIN

Raleigh County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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THORNY MOUNTAIN

Pocahontas County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry  -  Seneca State Forest
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TICK RIDGE

Wayne County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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TIP TOP

Preston County  -  State

1916:  "This station is located in Portland District, Preston County, two miles from Amblersburg, and is under the supervision of F.M. Glenn.  The station may be reached on foot or horse-back from Amblersburg.  The elevation is 3,000 feet and commands a view of approximately 700 square miles.  The watchman, Robert F. Arnold, lives a quarter of a mile from the station, and does not stay at the station at night except in extremely dry weather.  He receives his mail daily on Route 4, from Terra Alta.  Telegrams can be delivered to the station from Terra Alta in about thirty minutes.
      One and one-half miles of phone line, known as the 'Arnold Line,' and connecting with the Consolidated Company lines at Rowlesburg Road have been built.  This line is built on both poles and trees and is in fair condition."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)
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TURKEY MOUNTAIN  (KNOB)

Webster County  -  State
May 1919 - National Archives (OPA)

1913-14:   "The Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company, of Curtin, contributed $200.00 for the purpose of building and equipping lookout station on Turkey Mountain, in Webster County."  (Biennial Report - Forest, Game & Fish Warden - West Virginia - 1913-14)

1916:  "This station is located in Fork Lick District, Webster County, twelve miles from Webster Springs, and is under the supervision of David Frame.  The station may be reached on horse-back from Webster Springs.  The elevation is 3,887 feet and commands a view of 325 square miles.  A very high tower has been built of poles  near the station and a platform placed on top of this, from which a view of about 525 square miles may be obtained.  The watchman remains at the station each night during fire season.  His mail is delivered to him once each week from Webster Springs, and telegrams can be forwarded to him within one hour from Cowen.
      Five miles of telephone line have been built to the station.  This is known as the 'State Telephone Line,' and connects with the Beverly and Marlinton lines on top of Elk Mountain.  Connection is also made with a line owned by the Central West Virginia Fire Protective Association at the home of Bernard Baughman.  This line is built on poles and trees and is in good condition."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)

December 14, 1923:  "Trooper Levi Bullion of the West Virginia State Police was commended recently by his superior officer, Colonel Jackson Arnold, for his heroism in carrying an injured hunter, James Lockhart, for a distance of ten miles to the lookout station of Rimfire Hamrick on Turkey Mountain, thus saving the man's life."  (Bessemer Herald - Michigan)

October 10, 1926:  "In Webster County the Turkey Mountain tower is served by telephone lines connected with the central office at Webster Springs."  (Charleston Gazette)
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WEISS KNOB

Tucker County  -  State

May 20, 1913:  A sum of $137.48 was expended on trail and telephone line construction.  (West Virgina - Forest, Game & Fish Warden Biennial Report 1913-14)

1916:  "This station is located in Tucker County, and is under the supervision of F.M. Glenn.  It is at an elevation of 4,490 feet, and good service has been secured from it in the past.  However, during the past year it was necessary to abandon it, temporarily, in order to secure a watchman at another point.  A watchman will probably be put on duty there again within a short time."  (4th Biennial Report of the Forest, Game and Fish Warden)
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WHITE OAK KNOB

Boone County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

February 20, 1938:  "One new wooden fire tower was added to the detection system during the period of this report.  It is located on White Oak knob in Boone county at an elevation of 2,000 feet."  (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)  From the 2nd half 1937 report by District Ranger.
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WILLIAMS HILL

Boone County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry

October 10, 1926:  "From the Williams Hill tower there is a telephone line to Seth, Boone County, from which point messages can be transmitted through the Charleston long distance office."  (Charleston Gazette)

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WRISTON KNOB  (BACON KNOB)

Raleigh County  -  West Virginia Division of Forestry
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