PACIFIC COUNTY
K O POINT
Washington Department of Natural Resources
11N-7W-04
11N-7W-04
1960-62: "The lookout construction work is performed by the Department's own carpentry crew. In the past two years, the crew completed nine lookouts at a cost averaging $8,000 apiece, one of which is located at K O Point, Pacific County." (3rd Biennial Report Washington Department of Natural Resources)
September 1, 1962: "K.O. Point Lookout, a 20-foot fire detection lookout tower on the Willapa and Columbia River divide, will be officially dedicated Tuesday at 1 p.m.
The lookout, completed late in August by the Department of Natural Resources, has been named after Karl O. Lawrence, department employe for 32 years.
Lawrence will be guest of honor at the informal dedication ceremonies at the 2,900-foot level, 12 miles north of the Ocean Beach Highway at Grays River. Also attending the ceremonies will be Bert Cole, commissioner of public lands, and officials from the Department of Natural Resources, Weyerhaeuser Co. and Crown Zellerbach Corp.
The lookout tower will cover a protection area covering Pacific and Wahkiakum counties and a small part of Oregon coastline forests." (Longview Daily News)
September 6, 1962: "The newest in a chain of 100 forest lookouts was dedicated by the State Department of Natural Resources Tuesday in brief informal ceremonies involving state officials and representatives of private forest industries,
The KO Point lookout sits at 2,900 feet and is 14 'crow' miles south of Grays River and replaces the old Hull lookout which was at a lower elevation on the next ridge north. It is on the divide between the Grays and Willapa Rivers. The new location gives a sweeping view in every direction and eliminates some 'blind spots' which made the old lookout less effective, L.T. Webster, supervisor of the State Department of Natural Resources, said." (Longview Daily News)
June 10, 1968: "With aerial detection of forest fires proving more effective, only one lookout will be in service in the county this year. Miss Karin Johnson, of Willapa, will be on duty at the KO Point lookout located near the Pacific-Wahkiakum county line in the Green River area." (The Daily Chronicle)
June 18, 1977: "There are no more fire lookout posts in the Central Area. The last one at K O Point south of Menlo was closed two years ago." (The Daily Chronicle)
Removed