KLICKATAT COUNTY
MEADOW BUTTE
State Division of Forestry
6N-11E-15
6N-11E-15
An enclosed crows nest 90-feet above the ground atop a pine tree.
1944: "A new lookout house was built at Meadow Butte, Klickitat County." (1944 Annual report, Division of Forestry)
July 23, 1948: "Delores Coate, the Meadow Butte lookout, had a large number of callers Sunday." (Mt. Adams Sun)
August 19, 1948: "Miss Dolores Coate spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Coate. Dolores is stationed at the State Lookout on Meadow Butte for the summer." (The Goldendale Sentinel)
November 18, 1948: "A feminine member of the clan, comely Nancy Pearson, drew nation-wide attention four years ago when she manned the Meadow Butte lookout in the top of a Ponderosa Pine tree near Glenwood in the course of her duties she navigated an 80-foot vertical ladder, up and down, five times a day, seven days a week." (The Goldendale Sentinel)
September 23, 1954: "Johnny Ekstrum of Portland had the misfortune of accidentally shooting himself Sunday in the leg above the knee while doing some target practice. He was visiting his wife who is on the Meadow Butte Lookout Station. He was taken to Skyline hospital and is reported getting along very well. Mrs. Ekstrum was formerly Barbara Schmid." (Mt. Adams Sun)
June 9, 1955: "Juanita Ward will be going on the Lookout at Meadow Butte the first of next week." (Mt. Adams Sun)
July 5, 1956: "Dorothy Lewis and Kathleen Ladiges are staying at the Meadow Butte Lookout while Sylvia Anrig is away." (Mt. Adams Sun)