MISSOURI LOOKOUTS
ROCKY MOUNT
Miller County
Missouri Conservation Commission
41N-15W-7
Missouri Conservation Commission
41N-15W-7
FY 1947-1948: A 40 acre towersite was acquired. (Missouri Conservation Commission Annual Report)
1949: A tower was erected.
1949-1950: The 'Official Manual of the State of Missouri' indicates that the towersite is owned by the Missouri Conservation Commission and is 40 acres in size.
April 5, 1950: "Harold Gregg Hibdon, 24-year-old fire fighter for the Missouri Conservation commission, died this morning at St. Mary's hospital of injuries he suffered when he was struck by an automobile March 30.
Hibdon was a towerman at the Rocky Mount tower in the Lake Ozark fire protection district of the commission's forestry division. His home was at Eldon.
The accident occurred two miles north of Eldon on Highway 54 when a car driven by Dr. R.B. Wray of Nevada struck Hibdon. Hibdon was standing behind his jeep removing fire fighting equipment from the vehicle preparatory to extinguishing a brush fire.
Dr. Wray told the State Highway Patrol that smoke from the fire made the vehicle and Hibdon invisible to him.
Wray and Dr. C. Braxton Davis, also of Nevada, were returning from a St. Louis meeting of the Missouri Medical association. They gave first aid to Hibdon and rushed him to the hospital here." (Jefferson City Post-Tribune)
FY 1968-69: "A new steel tower was erected at Rocky Mount" (Missouri Department of Conservation Annual Report FY 1968-69)
FY1973-74: "The Rocky Mount tower site garage was reshingled." (Missouri Department of Conservation Annual Report)
2000: The tower was dismantled and moved to the Conservation Education Center in Jefferson City where the upper portion of the tower will be re-erected.