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Billings Point Lookout Towner Item Info

Title:
Billings Point Lookout Towner
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1950
Approximated Date:
yes
Description:
Billings Point lookout tower - well known vantage spot overlooking the Clearwater tree farm of Potlatch Forests, Inc. This is an important eye for the Clearwater Timber Protective Association, first such organization formed in the U.S. and since copied elsewhere about the world. The association, a cooperative effort of forest owners to protect their lands against fire, was formed in 1906... has one of the best, if not the best, fire record in the U.S.
Subjects:
watchtowers
Location:
United States;Idaho;Clearwater County
Latitude:
46.636119
Longitude:
-115.804104
Source:
Potlatch Corporation Historical Archives, 1900-2007, MG 457, University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives
Finding Aid:
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv40829
Source Identifier:
457_204_83_009
Type:
image;stillimage
Format:
image/jpeg

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"Billings Point Lookout Towner", Potlatch Lumber Company Photograph Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/plcphotos/items/plcphotos721.html
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