The first fire lookouts in the Glacier National Park region were simply high points atop mountain peaks with unimpeded views of the surrounding terrain. Widespread fires in the 1910s and 1920s led to the construction of more permanent lookouts, first as wooden pole structures and subsequently as a variety of one- and two-story cabin designs. Cooperating lookouts in Glacier Park, the Flathead National Forest, and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation provided coverage of forests throughout Glacier National Park. Beginning in the 1950s, many of the lookouts were decommissioned and eventually destroye... Read More
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The first fire lookouts in the Glacier National Park region were simply high points atop mountain peaks with unimpeded views of the surrounding terrain. Widespread fires in the 1910s and 1920s led to the construction of more permanent lookouts, first as wooden pole structures and subsequently as a variety of one- and two-story cabin designs. Cooperating lookouts in Glacier Park, the Flathead National Forest, and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation provided coverage of forests throughout Glacier National Park. Beginning in the 1950s, many of the lookouts were decommissioned and eventually destroye... Read More
The first fire lookouts in the Glacier National Park region were simply high points atop mountain peaks with unimpeded views of the surrounding terrain. Widespread fires in the 1910s and 1920s led to the construction of more permanent lookouts, first as wooden pole structures and subsequently as a variety of one- and two-story cabin designs. Cooperating lookouts in Glacier Park, the Flathead National Forest, and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation provided coverage of forests throughout Glacier National Park. Beginning in the 1950s, many of the lookouts were decommissioned and eventually destroyed. This volume tells the story of the rise and fall of the extensive fire lookout network that protected Glacier National Park during times of high fire danger, including lookouts still operating today.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 9th June 2014
State: Montana
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467131148
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry TRAVEL / Parks & Campgrounds
Author Bio
David R. Butler retired to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2019. He was a geography professor for thirty-seven years, the last twenty-two of those at Texas State University where he was the Texas State University System Regents' Professor of Geography. He was a red bus “Gearjammer” in Glacier Park during his college days in the summers of 1973 and 1974, and has conducted research there since 1975. He has written several books on Glacier Park, including America Through Time's The Civilian Conservation Corps in Glacier National Park, Montana, and Early Photographers of Glacier National Park; and Fire Lookouts of Glacier National Park (Arcadia Publishing).
The first fire lookouts in the Glacier National Park region were simply high points atop mountain peaks with unimpeded views of the surrounding terrain. Widespread fires in the 1910s and 1920s led to the construction of more permanent lookouts, first as wooden pole structures and subsequently as a variety of one- and two-story cabin designs. Cooperating lookouts in Glacier Park, the Flathead National Forest, and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation provided coverage of forests throughout Glacier National Park. Beginning in the 1950s, many of the lookouts were decommissioned and eventually destroyed. This volume tells the story of the rise and fall of the extensive fire lookout network that protected Glacier National Park during times of high fire danger, including lookouts still operating today.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 9th June 2014
State: Montana
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467131148
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry TRAVEL / Parks & Campgrounds
David R. Butler retired to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2019. He was a geography professor for thirty-seven years, the last twenty-two of those at Texas State University where he was the Texas State University System Regents' Professor of Geography. He was a red bus “Gearjammer” in Glacier Park during his college days in the summers of 1973 and 1974, and has conducted research there since 1975. He has written several books on Glacier Park, including America Through Time's The Civilian Conservation Corps in Glacier National Park, Montana, and Early Photographers of Glacier National Park; and Fire Lookouts of Glacier National Park (Arcadia Publishing).
