FOREST LOOKOUTS
  • WASHINGTON
  • ASOTIN COUNTY
    • Big Butte
    • Saddle Butte
    • Smoothing Iron
  • CHELAN COUNTY
    • Alpine
    • Baldy Mountain
    • Basalt Mountain
    • Beehive Mountain
    • Big Hill
    • Boulder Butte
    • Boundary Butte
    • Byrd Point
    • Carne Mountain
    • Chelan
    • Chelan Butte
    • Chumstick Mountain
    • Cougar Mountain
    • Dirty Face Ridge
    • Domke Mountain
    • Duncan Hill
    • Estes Butte
    • French Ridge
    • Goman Peak
    • Goode Ridge
    • Harriets Peak
    • Horton Butte
    • Icicle Ridge
    • Jack Ridge
    • Junction Ridge
    • Junior Point
    • Keystone Point
    • Klone Peak
    • Lorraine
    • McCue Ridge
    • McGregor Mountain
    • Mission Peak
    • Mount David
    • Mount Stuart
    • Nelson Butte
    • Poe Mountain
    • Pyramid Mountain
    • Rock Mountain
    • Slide Ridge
    • Soda Springs
    • Steliko Point
    • Stiletto Ridge
    • Stormy Mountain
    • Sugarloaf Peak
    • Three Brothers
    • Tiptop
    • Tumwater Mountain
    • Tyee Mountain
    • Vie Mountain
  • CLALLAM COUNTY
    • Baada Point
    • Blue Mountain
    • Blyn
    • Bogachiel Peak
    • Burma Point
    • Burnt Mountain
    • Crow's Nest
    • Dodger Point
    • Ellis
    • Foothills
    • Gunderson Mountain
    • Hurricane Ridge
    • Hyas Mountain
    • Ice Cream Cone Mountain
    • Kloshe Nanitch
    • Mt Pleasant
    • Mt Townsend
    • Mt Zion
    • Muller Mountain
    • Neah Bay (AWS)
    • Ned Hill
    • North Point
    • Ozette Lake (AWS)
    • Pyramid Mountain (AWS)
    • Pysht
    • Sekiu Mountain
    • Solduc Mountain
    • Sooes Mountain
    • Striped Peak
    • Twin
  • CLARK COUNTY
    • Green Knob
    • Larch Mountain
  • COLUMBIA COUNTY
    • Griffin Peak
    • Jumpoff joe
    • Oregon Butte
    • Paradise Ridge
    • Table Rock
    • Thorne Point
  • COWLITZ COUNTY
    • Abernathy Mountain
    • Devils Burn
    • Elk Mountain
    • Elk Rock
    • Gilbert, Ted
    • Lam Mountain
    • Meridian Mountain
    • Powderhorn
    • Signal Peak
    • Wolf Point
  • DOUGLAS COUNTY
    • Badger Mountain
  • FERRY COUNTY
    • Barnaby Butte
    • Bisbee Mountain
    • Bodie Mountain
    • Cody Butte
    • Columbia Mountain
    • Copper Butte
    • Franson Peak
    • Gold Mountain
    • Graves Mountain
    • Grizzly Mountain
    • Jackknife Mountain
    • Johnny George
    • Keller Butte
    • Little Vulcan Mountain
    • Lynx Creek
    • Marble Mountain
    • Moon Mountain
    • Quartz Mountain
    • Scalawag Ridge
    • Sheep Mountain
    • South Huckleberry
    • Stahley Peak
    • Taylor Ridge
    • Thirteenmile
    • Togo Mountain
    • Twin Sisters
    • Vulcan Mountain
    • Wapaloosie Mountain
    • White Mountain
    • Whitestone Ridge
  • GARFIELD COUNTY
    • Clearwater
    • Diamond Peak
  • GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY
    • Anderson Butte
    • Artic
    • Brittain
    • Burnt Hill
    • Byles
    • Chester Ridge
    • Colonel Bob
    • Cook Creek Tree
    • Deep Creek
    • Drake (Reed Hill)
    • Gobbler Knob
    • Higley Peak
    • Hobi Peak
    • Humptulips Ridge
    • Kelly
    • Lem
    • Lone Mountain
    • Macafee Hill
    • Minot Peak
    • Mobray
    • Moclips
    • Point Grenville
    • Prices Peak
    • Salmon River
    • Twin Peak
    • Vesta
    • Weatherwax
  • JEFFERSON COUNTY
    • Big Quilcene
    • Clearwater
    • Elk Creek
    • Finley Peak
    • Geodetic Hill
    • Hoh (Oil City)
    • Kloockman Rock
    • Ludden Peak
    • Mount Constance
    • Mount Jupiter
    • Mount Octopus
    • Mount Walker
    • Owl Mountain
    • Quilcene Ranger Station
    • Shine
    • Skidder Hill
    • Twin Lakes
    • Webb Mountain (Lower)
    • Webb Mountain (Upper)
  • KING COUNTY
    • Bare Mountain
    • Beckler Peak
    • Camp Waskowitz
    • Canyon
    • Cascade
    • Cedar Mountain
    • Cedar Point
    • Christoff
    • Cleveland Mountain
    • Colquhoun Mountain
    • Goat Mountain
    • Granite Mountain
    • Grass Mountain
    • Humphrey Mountain
    • Kelly Butte
    • Little Mountain
    • Maloney Ridge
    • McClellan Butte
    • McDonald
    • Meadow Mountain
    • Mount Sawyer
    • Mount Si
    • Nordrum Mountain
    • Pinnacle Peak
    • Platts
    • Proffitts Point
    • Pyramid Peak
    • Rattlesnake Ridge
    • Snoqualmie
    • Snowshoe Butte
    • Stampede Pass
    • Surprise Mountain
    • Tiger Mountain
    • Windy Mountain
  • KITSAP COUNTY
    • Bangor
    • Gold Mountain
    • Green Mountain
    • Kitsap
  • KITTITAS COUNTY
    • Bald Mountain
    • Big Creek
    • Davis Mountain
    • Devil's Slide
    • Easton Ridge
    • Elbow Peak
    • Fish Lake
    • Frost Mountain
    • Goat Peak
    • Jolly Mountain
    • Koppen Mountain
    • Lion Rock
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Manastash Ridge
    • Martin
    • Mount Lillian
    • Naneum Point
    • North Ridge
    • Peoh Point
    • Polallie Mountain
    • Quartz Mountain
    • Red Mountain
    • Red Top Mountain
    • Roaring Ridge
    • Stafford Creek
    • Taneum Point
    • Teanaway Butte
    • Thorp Mountain
  • KLICKITAT COUNTY
    • Dymond Gap
    • Grayback Mountain
    • Lorena Butte
    • Meadow Butte
    • Monte Cristo
    • Nestor Peak
    • Simcoe Butte
    • Sopelia
    • Twin Buttes (Lorena)
  • LEWIS COUNTY
    • Baw Faw Peak
    • Burley Mountain
    • Cascade Creek
    • Cispus Mountain
    • Clam Mountain
    • Coyote Mountain
    • Doty
    • Dry Creek
    • Goat Ridge
    • Hamilton Butte
    • Hawkeye
    • High Rock
    • Huckleberry Mountain2
    • Hunters Cabin
    • Kiona Peak
    • Kosmos Hill
    • Ladd Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Lookout Point
    • Lost Lake
    • Lucas Creek
    • Nannie Peak
    • National
    • Newaukum
    • Pleasant Valley
    • Pompey Peak
    • Purcell Mountain
    • Rockies (Little)
    • South Point
    • Stahl Peak
    • Tatoosh Ridge
    • Tongue Mountain
    • Tower Rock
    • Tumac
    • Twin Sisters
    • Vanson Peak
    • Watch Mountain
    • West Fork Tilton
    • Windy Knob
  • MASON COUNTY
    • Dayton Peak
    • Dennie Ahl
    • Dow Mountain
    • Dusk Peak
    • Grisdale Hill
    • Jefferson Ridge
    • Lightning Peak
    • Mason Lake
    • Mount Lincoln
    • Simpson
    • South Mountain
    • Tahuya
  • OKANOGAN COUNTY
    • Aeneas Mountain
    • Armstrong Mountain
    • Bailey Mountain
    • Big Hill
    • Billy Goat Peak
    • Black Ridge
    • Blue Goat Mountain
    • Bridge Creek
    • Buck Mountain
    • Buckhorn Mountain
    • Bunker Hill
    • Burch Mountain
    • Buttermilk Butte
    • Chiliwist Butte
    • Cooper Mountain
    • Cornell Butte
    • Corral Butte
    • Diamond Point
    • Doe Mountain
    • Dollar Watch Mountain
    • Driveway Butte
    • Dugout Mountain
    • Fir Mountain
    • First Butte
    • Funk Mountain
    • Gardner Mountain
    • Goat Mountain
    • Goat Peak
    • Gold Ridge
    • Granite Mountain
    • Jackass Butte
    • Juniper Point
    • Knowlton Knob
    • Leecher Mountain
    • Lincoln Butte
    • Little Buck Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • McClure Mountain
    • Mebee Pass
    • Midnight Mountain
    • Milton Mountain
    • Monument 83
    • Moses Mountain
    • Mount Annie
    • Mount Bonaparte
    • Mount Hull
    • Muckamuck Mountain
    • North Creek Butte
    • North Twenty-mile
    • Okanogan Post Office
    • Old Baldy
    • Omak Mountain
    • Oval Peak
    • Pearygin Peak
    • Point Defiance
    • Remmels peak
    • Robinson Pass
    • Setting sun
    • Skull & Crossbones
    • Slate Peak
    • South Creek Butte
    • Strawberry Mountain
    • Strawberry Mountain
    • Sweetgrass Butte
    • Thrapp Mountain
    • Tiffany Peak
    • Tunk Mountain
    • War Creek Ridge
    • Washington Butte
    • Whitmore Mountain
    • Windy Peak
    • Winthrop
  • PACIFIC COUNTY
    • Blaney Mountain
    • Burt
    • Cowan Point
    • Hull Creek
    • K O Point
    • Packsack Mountain
    • Squally Jim
    • Trap Creek
  • PEND OREILLE COUNTY
    • Aladdin Mountain
    • Baldy (Current)
    • Bead Lake Mountain
    • Boundary Mountain
    • Boyer Mountain
    • Cee Cee Ah
    • Cook Mountain..
    • Crowell Ridge
    • Diamond Peak
    • Diamond Peak Patrol
    • Dry Canyon
    • Fourth of July
    • Galena Point
    • Gibraltar Rock
    • Gleason Mountain
    • Goose Creek Point
    • Granite Peak
    • Grassy Top
    • Grouse Knob
    • Gypsy Peak
    • Hall Mountain
    • Hanks
    • Hanlon Mountain
    • Harvey Creek
    • High Rock
    • Huckleberry Mountain..
    • Indian Mountain
    • Jackson Mountain
    • Kalispell Rock
    • Kings Mountain
    • Leola Peak
    • Linton Mountain
    • Little Blue Grouse
    • Little Roundtop
    • Mill Creek Point
    • Molybdenite Mountain
    • Monumental Mountain
    • Moon Hill
    • No Name Peak
    • North Baldy Mountain
    • Ojibway
    • Orwig Hump
    • Pass Creek Ridge
    • Pelke Divide
    • Prouty Peak
    • Roundtop Mountain
    • Russian Ridge
    • Saddle Mountain
    • Salmo Mountain
    • Sand Creek
    • Scrabbler Mountain
    • Shedroof
    • Skookum Peak
    • Slate Creek
    • Slumber Mountain
    • Snyder Hill
    • South Baldy Mountain
    • South Fork Mountain
    • Squaw Valley
    • Sullivan Mountain
    • Thomas Mountain.
    • Thunder Mountain
    • Tillicum Peak
    • Timber Mountain
    • Winchester Peak
    • Yokum Lake
  • PIERCE COUNTY
    • Anvil Rock
    • Bearhead Mountain
    • Carbon Ridge
    • Clear West Peak
    • Colonade
    • Crystal Lake
    • Crystal Mountain
    • Electron
    • Garrison Hill
    • Glacierview
    • Gobblers Knob
    • Goodman Hill
    • McGuire Creek
    • Mount Beljica
    • Mount Fremont
    • Mutton Mountain
    • Nisqually
    • Noble Knob
    • Norse Peak
    • O'Farrell (South Prairie)
    • Ohop
    • Old Desolate
    • Pack Forest
    • Purdy
    • Puyallup Ridge
    • Saint Paul
    • Shriner Peak
    • Sunset Park
    • Suntop Mountain
    • Tolmie Peak
    • Windy Knoll
  • SAN JUAN COUNTY
    • Mount Constitution
    • Little Summit
  • SKAGIT COUNTY
    • Bacon Point
    • Devils Mountain
    • Dock Butte
    • Finney Point
    • Frailey Mountain
    • Gee Point
    • Haystack Mountain
    • Hidden Lake
    • Huckleberry Mountain
    • Little Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • McMurray
    • Mount Higgins
    • Mount Josephine
    • North Mountain
    • Rinker Point
    • Samish
    • Sauk Mountain
    • Texas Pond
    • Wickersham
  • SKAMANIA COUNTY
    • Aldrich Butte
    • Badger Peak
    • Beacon Rock
    • Big Huckleberry
    • Breezy Point
    • Bunker Hill
    • Burnt Peak
    • Clear Creek
    • Coldwater Peak
    • Council Bluff
    • Dark Cabin
    • Dog Mountain
    • Flattop
    • Flattop (West)
    • French Butte
    • Grassy Knoll
    • Gumboot
    • Horseshoe Ridge
    • House Rock
    • Huffman Peak
    • Little Baldy
    • Little Huckleberry
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Madcat Meadow
    • McCoy Peak
    • Mount Mitchell
    • Mount Saint Helens
    • Mowich Butte
    • Observation Peak
    • Point 3670
    • Red Mountain
    • Silver Star Mountain
    • Siouxon Peak
    • Sleeping Beauty
    • Smith Creek Butte
    • Spencer Butte
    • Steamboat Mountain
    • Strawberry Mountain
    • Summit Guard Station
    • Summit Prairie
    • Sunrise Peak
    • Switchback Mountain
    • Three Corner Rock
    • Twin Butte
  • SNOHOMISH COUNTY
    • Bannock Mountain
    • Barlow Pass
    • Basin
    • Benchmark Mountain
    • Blackjack Ridge
    • Blue Mountain
    • Circle Peak
    • Dan Creek Guard Station
    • Darrington Ranger Station
    • Evergreen Mountain
    • French Point
    • Galena Mountain
    • Glacier Ridge
    • Gold Hill
    • Green Mountain
    • Haystack Mountain
    • Heybrook
    • High Rocks
    • Johnson Mountain
    • Jumbo Mountain
    • Kodak Peak
    • Miners Ridge
    • Mount Pilchuck
    • Mount Pugh
    • North Fork Bench
    • Red Mountain (Ridge)
    • Sauk Guard Station
    • Stillaguamish
    • Sulphur Mountain
    • Three Fingers
    • Whitechuck Bench
    • Whitechuck Mountain
  • SPOKANE COUNTY
    • Lookout Mountain (Point)
    • Mica Peak
    • Mount Spokane
    • Quartz Mountain
    • Turnbull
  • STEVENS COUNTY
    • Abercrombie Mountain
    • Addy Mountain
    • Blue Grouse Mountain
    • Calispel Peak
    • Chewelah Peak
    • Churchill Mountain
    • Cliff Ridge
    • Colbath Mountain
    • Dunn Mountain
    • Eagle Mountain
    • Electric Point
    • First Thought Mountain
    • Flagstaff
    • Frisco Mountain (Peak)
    • Goddards Creek
    • Gold Mountain
    • Green Mountain.
    • Johnson Peak
    • Leadpoint Mountain
    • Miller Mountain
    • Mineral Mountain
    • Monumental Mountain
    • Nelson Peak
    • Old Dominion
    • Onion Mountain
    • Rogers Mountain
    • Scoop Mountain
    • Sherwood Mountain
    • Spirit Point
    • Spokane Mountain
    • Stranger Mountain
    • Swede Pass
    • Tower Mountain
    • Wellpinit Mountain
  • THURSTON COUNTY
    • Capitol Peak
    • Crawford Mountain
    • Deschutes Tower
    • Miller Hill
    • Porcupine Ridge
    • Rainier Tower
    • Rock Candy Mountain
  • WAHKIAKUM COUNTY
    • Incline Mountain
  • WHATCOM COUNTY
    • Anderson Butte
    • Baker Lake (Point)
    • Barometer Mountain
    • Black Rock
    • Blue Canyon
    • Cady Point
    • Church Mountain
    • Copper Mountain
    • Crater Mountain
    • Deming
    • Desolation Peak
    • Devils Dome
    • Dillard Point
    • Easy Ridge
    • Entwhistle
    • Excelsior Point
    • Galbraith
    • Goat Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Nooksack
    • Park Butte
    • Roland Point
    • Sourdough Mountain
    • South Twin
    • Sulphur Butte
    • Whatcom Peak
    • Winchester Peak
  • YAKIMA COUNTY
    • American Ridge
    • Bear Creek Mountain
    • Blue Slide
    • Cleman Mountain
    • Clover Springs
    • Darland Mountain
    • Edgar Rock
    • Goat Butte
    • Hagerty Butte
    • Jennies Butte
    • Jumpoff
    • Lakeview Mountain
    • Little Bald Mountain
    • McKays Butte
    • Midway
    • Miners Ridge
    • Mount Adams
    • Mount Aix
    • Panther Creek
    • Pine Mountain
    • Ravens Roost
    • Round Mountain
    • Satus Peak
    • Sedge Ridge
    • Signal Peak
    • Timberwolf Mountain
  • General & Misc., Washington
  • INDEX
STEVENS COUNTY

CALISPELL PEAK

Stevens County TPA / Colville National Forest
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April 19, 1919:  "Fire Warden John Welty states that the federal forest service, in conjunction with the state fire warden's department, contemplates establishing a fire lookout on Calispell peak, southeast of Colville.  This peak is 6905 feet in height, and commands a view of the entire forested territory of Stevens and Pend Oreille counties.  The requirement is made that some telephone connection be established with present systems, and Mr. Welty is looking into the matter of connecting with the Colville line to the Pend Oreille lakes, or with the line northeast from Chewelah, either one of which runs about 6 miles from the peak.  The state and federal departments require cooperation from the settlers, mill men and timber owners.  The timber owners of Pend Oreille county organized last summer, and have made arrangements to make a daily patrol over the timber of that county.  It is now considered cheaper to prevent fires than to fight them."  (The Colville Examiner)

1920:  "A lookout was established in 1920 on Calispel Peak, which is located near the boundary between Pend Oreille and Stevens counties.  A telephone line was erected from the lookout station to Locke, where it connects with county telephone system.   On account of shortage of funds, a building was not constructed, but this lookout gave efficient service.  The peak has an elevation of over 6,000 feet and affords a view overlooking a large area of both counties.  It is planned to erect a lookout building on this peak next season, and also a telephone line connecting it with either Chewelah or Colville.
       Too much reliance should not be placed on the lookout as a means of reporting fires, as they are frequently enveloped in smoke during critical fire periods, and, besides, more depends upon the alertness and diligence of the watchman than upon the commanding view of the station and, furthermore, the greatest problem is the extinguishing of fires rather than detecting them."  (1919-20 Annual Report of the Washington State Forester)

July 6, 1920:   "The Eastern Washington Timber Protective association has completed its first telephone line to a mountain top for lookout purposes, and large portions of Stevens and Pend Oreille are protected thereby, according to C.H. Fancher, prominent in forest fire protection work here.  Fred A. Shore of the Ohio Match company is president of the association.
      The new lookout station is located on the peak of Kalispell mountain, and the telephone line is 15 miles long, connecting with the line which runs along the Pend Oreille river."   (Spokane Chronicle)

September 16, 1922:
   "Personnel of fire forces:  Harold Horton, lookout at Calispel peak."   (Spokane Chronicle)

​October 27, 1923:
“During the early part of the season, a telephone line was constructed from the end of the Chewelah creek telephone line to the Calispell lookout station, a distance of 14 miles. This enabled direct communication with Stevens county and saved a great deal of delay in reporting fires. A system of switches was also placed in the Calispell station, giving direct telephone communication from Chewelah and Locke.” (The Colville Examiner)

June 10, 1926:   "The middle district has its lookout on Calispel peak, the highest point in the county, with Robert C. Stegner as lookout."   (Spokane Daily Chronicle)

June 10, 1926:  "Fire Warden Linder with a crew of men has just completed putting in a phone line from Calispel peak lookout to the office at Usk."   (Spokane Daily Chronicle)
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​June 19, 1926: “Three lookouts are stationed in Stevens and Pend Oreille counties, one on Granite Peak, one on Kalispel peak, and one on Blue Grouse mountain.” (The Colville Examiner)

​June 19, 1926: “A desire for a higher place in life motivated Stanley Cory and Cecil Waldbeser to ascend the lofty heights of  Kalispel peak last Sunday. Starting from Colville at four 'clock in the morning, the men drove to Chewelah and up Chewelah creek to the foot of the mountain as far as the road would permit. They packed up the mountain, reaching the peak in a little more than four hours climbing.
They visited at the lookout station with Robert Stagner, lookout, who was moving into his quarters for the summer, and remained on the peak over night, returning to Colville Monday morning. The descent to the car was made in an hour and a half.” (The Colville Examiner)
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June 19, 1930: “Lookouts go to their stations today.  Miss Ruth Downey of Okanogan county, will be on guard on Calispell peak.” (The Newport Miner)
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June 29, 1933: “Company 1271, C.C.C. In command of Major M.B. Navas is established on Tacoma creek.
      Their first work will be building of a better trail to the state fire lookout on Calispell peak, to followed by other trail and road work.” (The Newport Miner)
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​September 8, 1934: “Donald Lawson of Stranger lookout and Bill Crosset of Calispel lookout were on fire patrol duty the past days as it has been so smoky that they were unable to see anything from their stations.” (The Colville Examiner)
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​September 8, 1938: “The brothers, Elmer and George Davis, who have spent the summer at the lookout on Calispell, gave up their work Saturday to make preparations for their return to Washington State College at Pullman.” (The Newport Miner)
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​August 12, 1939:
   "Timber mountain and Calispell mountain both can be reached by car travel. These two points are located on the divide line between the Colville district and the Newport district. To travel to either of these from Colville, one takes the Tiger road to the Olsen county road, then to Tacoma creek where signs guide the traveler to the lookout points.” (The Colville Examiner)
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National Geodetic Survey

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DESIGNATION - CALISPELL
PID - TO0829
STATE/COUNTY- WA/STEVENS
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CALISPELL PEAK (1992)

STATION RECOVERY (1933)

RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1933 (FGJ)
ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF A PROMINENT PEAK KNOWN LOCALLY AS CALISPELL
PEAK, JUST NORTHEAST OF A LOOKOUT HOUSE MAINTAINED BY THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON. STATION IS A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STANDARD DISK
IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK.

TO REACH FROM THE MAIN TRAVELED HIGHWAY AT LOCKE, WASHINGTON, GO
SOUTH TO THE FIRST GRAVELED ROAD IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION (RIGHT),
GO 6.5 MILES, TURN LEFT AND GO 1.6 MILES, TURN LEFT AND GO 2.4
MILES, AT THIS POINT CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD OVER CREEK BRIDGE AND
GO 0.3 MILE TO THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. A WELL-CARED-FOR TRAIL,
MAINTAINED BY THE STATE LEADS FROM HERE TO THE STATION. A PACK
TRAIN CAN REACH THE STATION IN 2-1/2 HOURS.
REX'S FIRE LOOKOUT PAGE
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