Black Butte Lookout Jul 1941
New Deal Agencies: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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Description
Black Butte is a cluster of peaks in the Shasta National Forest. In the 1930s, the CCC built trails up to the summit as well as the Black Butte lookout tower. The tower was destroyed by a storm in 1962. Another was built in 1963 but removed to another location in 1973.
Source notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Butte_%28Siskiyou_County,_California%29 http://www.peakbagging.com/CALookoutPhotos/BlackButte.html
Project originally submitted by Ralph Kivett on February 26, 2014.
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