Leecher has had a long and varied history of structures. The first was a crow's nest tree lookout dating from as early as 1918 located 1000' south of the present tower (still there). In 1921, a 45' steel windmill tower with a 6x6' cab was built, along with an 18x22' log cabin, which was replaced by an L-4 cab for living quarters in 1936. In 1954, lots of moving of structures took place. The steel tower was moved to the North Cascades Smokejumper Base for a jump training loft. The ground-mounted L-4 cabin was moved to the Twisp school baseball field for use as a Civil Air Defense lookout. The present 41' treated timber tower with L-4 cab was constructed the same year, with the cab coming from Chiliwist Butte Lookout, 10 miles to the east. Used for emergency fire detection during the summer since the 1980's, restoration work took place in 2009 with the lookout being returned to full-time staffing in 2010! Known lookout personnel: 1920: Charles Bossuot; 1923, 1926: Fred Cole; 1929: Simeon Beeson; 1952: Carl Heath; 1953: Gary Logan; 1954: Nellie Parks and Molly Longmoor; 1959: Gary Newberry.