- City:
- Bighorn National Forest, WY
- Site Type:
- Forestry and Agriculture, Fire Lookouts
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1940
Description
The Black Mountain Lookout Tower was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and was completed in 1940. The tower is 14′x14′ with a catwalk on a stone foundation. It functioned as the lookout for the north end of Bighorn National Forest. No longer in use, the tower remains a popular hiking destination.
In the summer of 2014 the U.S. Forest Service partnered with non-profit HistoriCorps to sponsor extensive rehabilitation work on the tower. Volunteers completed a variety of tasks with the intention of the tower becoming a rental cabin or interpretive site.
Source notes
https://historicorps.org/blackmountain/ https://www.nhlr.org/lookouts/Lookout.aspx?id=379 https://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/ccc/ccc/chap4.htm#41 * *No explicit reference to Black Mountain, but it details other projects in the Bighorn National ForestSite originally submitted by Natalie Heneghan on November 21, 2014.
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