BONE SPRING LOOKOUT
R.I.P. 1932-1948; 1949-1987
First used with a cabin built in 1930, a 48' pole 7x7' tower was constructed in 1932. It was replaced by a 87' treated timber L-4 tower in 1949. It was gone by 1987.
Umatilla National Forest
20 miles east of Milton-Freewater
Wallowa County, Oregon
Elevation 5867'
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Bone Spring in 1938 Bone Spring in 1956 Bone Spring in 1956 Bone Spring in 1956 Bone Spring L.O. Bone Spring in 1963 Bone Spring in 1977 Bone Spring in the early 1970s
Photos courtesy the Umatilla National Forest, the Fire Lookout Museum and Donald Farwell