MINNESOTA LOOKOUTS
ITASCA STATE PARK
Clearwater County
143N-36W-2
143N-36W-2
May 26, 1929: "Tourists visiting Itasca State park this summer will have at their disposal a new lookout tower from which 50,000 acres of timber may be viewed.
The tower, recently completed, rises to a height of 100 feet and will be used by forest rangers for locating fires. It is one of the tallest and most modern in the state forest service, being of all-steel construction and containing an enclosed stairway. A glass cabin or 'crows nest' is constructed at the top of the tower.
Of the 50,000 acres of timber land which can be seen from the tower, there are included 32,000 acres of state-owned land in Itasca park.
The tower is one of 30 which have been erected during the last winter and spring. Four of these are of the enclosed stairway type, and are known as the Ahren's hill tower, near Brainerd; the Larsmount at Wilton, west of Bemidji, the Clocuet, at the university experiment station forest near Clocuet, and the Itasca in Itasca park." (The Helena Independent - Montana)
The tower, recently completed, rises to a height of 100 feet and will be used by forest rangers for locating fires. It is one of the tallest and most modern in the state forest service, being of all-steel construction and containing an enclosed stairway. A glass cabin or 'crows nest' is constructed at the top of the tower.
Of the 50,000 acres of timber land which can be seen from the tower, there are included 32,000 acres of state-owned land in Itasca park.
The tower is one of 30 which have been erected during the last winter and spring. Four of these are of the enclosed stairway type, and are known as the Ahren's hill tower, near Brainerd; the Larsmount at Wilton, west of Bemidji, the Clocuet, at the university experiment station forest near Clocuet, and the Itasca in Itasca park." (The Helena Independent - Montana)
September 24, 1934: "Gain in vacation travel in northern Minnesota this summer is reflected in registration records maintained at state fire lookout towers by the Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, George H. Bradley, director of the state tourist bureau, pointed out. Each person who climbs a tower is asked to register.
'During August this year, 3,956 people registered at the Itasca State Park lookout tower as compared to 3,166 in August, 1933.' Mr. Bradley said, 'This increase in registration is true at the other lookout towers in northern Minnesota, indicating that vacationists are availing themselves in greater numbers of the recreational advantages offered in this section of the state.' " (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)