CLALLAM COUNTY

MOUNT PLEASANT

Department of Natural Resources
30N-6W-36

1952:  "Lookout is urgently needed on Mt. Pleasant.  A new road to this lookout is underway with clearing completed and part of the construction work done."  (Biennial Report of the Forestry Division)

1953-4:  "Mt. Pleasant Lookout constructed in Clallam County, has a 40-foot tower with a 14x14 cab on top."  /  "The three miles up to Mt. Pleasant required considerable rock work."  (Biennial Report of the Forestry Division)

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December 28, 1963:  "High winds Tuesday made this pile of splintered wreckage out of the State Department of Natural Resources fire lookout tower on Mt. Pleasant.  Four guy cables reinforced the structure.  One of the cables pulled free despite being attached to a 'dead man' buried four feet underground."  (Caption under photo of wreckage.)  (Port Angeles Evening News)
January 14, 1964:  "High winds Christmas Eve caused considerable damage in Port Angeles, wrecking the State Dept. of Natural Resources fire lookout tower on Mt. Pleasant."  (Port Angeles Evening News)

1962-64:   A replacement lookout tower was erected on Mt. Pleasant in Clallam County.   (4th Biennial Report of the Washington Department of Natural Resources)

January 23, 1968:   "The sheriff's office was notified Monday of the burglary of a lookout tower at Mount Pleasant.  There was no report on what was stolen."   (Port Angeles Evening News)

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