Squaw Peak Lookout in 1960.
This file appears in: Fire Lookouts – From Hermit's Castles to Weekend Get-A-Ways
Squaw Peak Lookout in 1960. This lookout was in the Bitterroot National Forest of central Idaho. Horses and pack animals were the only available transportation to the tower. Courtesy of the Museum of North Idaho.
This file appears in: Fire Lookouts – From Hermit's Castles to Weekend Get-A-Ways
Fire Lookouts – From Hermit's Castles to Weekend Get-A-Ways
Fire Lookouts – From Hermit’s Castles to Weekend Get-A-Ways
Fire lookouts once dotted maps of the American West. In 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt created the United States Forest Service (USFS) under the Department of Agriculture. The agency…