JOSEPHINE COUNTY
HOBSONS HORN
Siskiyou National Forest
35S-9W-5
35S-9W-5
1939: A 20-foot creosoted timber tower packed in and erected by E.R.A. labor.
1940: "A cabin was built on the 20 ft. creosoted timber tower constructed on Hobson Horn in 1939. Visibility clearing was done." (A History of the Siskiyou National Forest)
May 1940: "Seen area takes in a wide expanse of country." (Plans, Guard Placement, Siskiyou National Forest)
1941: The lookout staffed 100 days. The reporting station located at Rand and communications by forest line to Pacific Telephone and Telegraph.
Removed
DESIGNATION - HOBSON HORN LOOKOUT TOWER
PID - NZ1314
STATE/COUNTY- OR/JOSEPHINE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - HOBSON HORN (1989)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (JCS)
STATION IS THE FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT ON HOBSON HORN WHICH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SW OF GALICE AND 14 MILES E OF AGNESS.
IT IS NOT MARKED AND WAS NOT VISITED BY THIS PARTY.