TILLAMOOK COUNTY
BUZZARD BUTTE
Siuslaw National Forest
3S-10W-26
3S-10W-26
May 1, 1934: "A tower will be put up on Buzzard Butte on the divide between Sand lake and the watershed of the Nestucca, on the Hebo ranger district." (The Eugene Register-Guard)
May 3, 1934: "New lookout houses and towers will be built in the Siuslaw national forest this summer, it is announced by R.S. Shelley, supervisor.
A tower will be erected on Buzzard mountain on the divide between Sand lake and the watershed of the Nestucca. (Morning Oregonian)
1934: A 30-foot timber tower with an L-4 hip-roof cab constructed by the CCC.
September 1936: "The past summer, we installed a 5-meter shortwave radio transmitter and receiver for communication between the lookout and the Ranger Station." (Source unknown)
April 1937: "Kenneth Thorall and his telephone crew have just completed a job of putting in 7 miles of telephone line, up to the lookout tower on Buzzard Butte." (The Salt - Forest newsletter)
1948: A 40-foot timber tower with an L-4 cab constructed.
1954: The lookout severely damaged during a wind storm.
Removed