BONE SPRING LOOKOUT
R.I.P. 1949-1987
First used with a cupola cabin built in 1936, a 40' pole 7x7' tower was constructed in 1946. This 87' treated timber L-4 tower, built in 1949, was gone by 1987.
Umatilla National Forest
20 miles east of Milton-Freewater
Wallowa County, Oregon
Elevation 5867'
Topozone
USGS Benchmark RA1227

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Bone Spring in 1956 Bone Spring in the early 1970s
Photos courtesy the Fire Lookout Museum and Donald Farwell