MISSOURI LOOKOUTS
ROMANCE
Ozark County
Missouri Conservation Commission
24N-14W-25
Missouri Conservation Commission
24N-14W-25
FY1951 - 52: A towersite was acquired. (Missouri Conservation Commission Annual Report FY 1951-52)
FY1954-55: "A new tower was erected at Romance in Ozark County." (Missouri Conservation Commission Annual Report FY 1954-55)
August 14, 1974: "The most unusual cause of a fire, perhaps in history, happened near Romanse Towersite near West Plains. A snake, crawling up a fence post, shorted out an electric fence and started a blaze.
'We've heard of people starting fires to get rid of snakes,' Hafner says. 'But we never before heard of the snake starting the fire.'" (The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune)