ORWW Osbornes Project: Lincoln County

East View, Chinquapin Lookout, Lincoln County (Unknown Photographer, September 16, 1936).

Lincoln County has at least 16 historical lookouts, with six having Osborne panoramic photos taken from 1934 through 1937. Several of the lookouts were subsequently established during the early 1940s as observation points during WW II. Following the War, lookouts were often established in the vicinity of major logging operations for fire protection purposes. By the late 1960s almost all lookouts had been abandoned in favor of aerial surveillance.

This Lincoln County Fire Lookout Index Map is based on a 1956 Metsker landownership map. Red-lettered lookouts have had Osborne photos taken and used at these locations. Black lettering denotes historical Lookouts for which no Osbornes were taken, and blue-lettered Big Tip and Diamond Peak locations represent Lookouts that appear on Metsker maps, but for which no personal accounts, photos, or other documented histories have been found.

ICON	LOOKOUT	START	STOP	TSP	RNG	SEC	ELEV.
PDF	Baber Mountain	1936	1969	11 S.	09 W.	16	1,451
PDF	Blodgett Peak	1943	1953	14 S.	11 W.	18	1,054
	Cannibal Mountain	1934	1975	14 S.	10 W.	15	1,946
	Chinquapin	1934	1950	10 S.	08 W.	10	1,100
	Cougar Mountain	1931	1970	07 S.	10 W.	24	1,872
PDF	Euchre Mountain	1938	1971	08 S.	10 W.	35	2,446
PDF	Green Point	1939	1951	06 S.	10 W.	22	1,303
	Hilltop	1934	1950	12 S.	09 W.	11	1,392
PDF	Norton Hill	1939	1967	10 S.	08 W.	18	1,000
PDF	Otter Crest	1936	1938	09 S.	11 W.	28	1,200
PDF	Rocky Top	1920	1950	07 S.	09 W.	9	2,890
PDF	Saddlebag Mountain	1952	1969	06 S.	09 W.	35	3,100
	South Beaver	1934	1953	13 S.	11 W.	32	518
PDF	Stodt Mountain	1953	1972	07 S.	09 W.	35	3,128
PDF	Suncrest Point	1949	1960	08 S.	09 W.	14	1,986
	Table Mountain	1915	1973	13 S.	09 W.	6	2,820