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Bumblebee Peak Lookout

Drive-upDestroyed
Elevation: 4746′Coeur d’Alene National Forest

HISTORY

1931 – Platform tower located here
1933 – 30′ Pole L-4 was built
1959 – 30′ Treated Timber R-6 flat cab was built
1975 – Destroyed

Known Staff

1931 – 1933 – Mick Clumper (*Former Forest Fire Lookout Registry)
1935 – Mick Clumper (*Smokechasers Summer)
1944 – Henry Osborn (*Kellogg Evening News)
1952 – Mr. & Mrs. David Kahn (*Kellogg Evening News)
1953 – LeRoy Ehrmantrout (*Shoshone News Press)
1954 – Mr. & Mrs. Robert Laidlaw (*Kellogg Evening News)
1955 – Mr. & Mrs. David Kistler (*Kellogg Evening News)

OUR NOTES

We were quickly and easily able to find the footings, which we believe are from the most recent tower, and one very crumbling footing from earlier. We looked but were unable to find the privy. Several benchmarks were located on the nearby point.

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