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Custer Lookout

Hike-InEmergency Use
Elevation: 9753′Challis National Forest

History

1933 – 14×14′ R-5 Cab
2008 – Added to The National Historic Lookout Register

The lookout is an R-5, which is a California design, unpopular in the northwest. The design dates to 1917 and is a precursor to the popular L-4, which was not developed until the early 1930s.

Known Staff

  • 1981
    Teresa Fleck (Kellogg Evening News - 08/03/1981) — Had to be evacuated from tower - Forest fire came within 100 yards

Know more about who staffed this tower, or when? Let us know.

Courtesy The National Historic Lookout Register
Courtesy The National Historic Lookout Register
Courtesy The National Historic Lookout Register
Courtesy The National Historic Lookout Register

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