NESBIT BUTTE
Wallowa County - Wallowa-Whitman National Forest - 4S-47E-32
May 5, 1934: "The second large spike camp, also containing 80 men or more, will be located near Coverdale guard station on the Imnaha. From this camp a number of jobs, such as the construction of a 30-foot tower and lookout house on Nesbit butte." (La Grande Evening Observer)
Removed
DESIGNATION - NESBIT BUTTE LOT
PID - RA1076
STATE/COUNTY- OR/WALLOWA
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - GUMBOOT BUTTE (1990)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1954
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED BY USFS. OCCUPIED FOR VERTICALS ONLY.
RMS NOT OBSERVED. USFS DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS.
LOCATED 18 MI SE. OF JOSEPH, 3 MI E. OF LICK CREEK RANGER
STATION. ON HIGHEST POINT OF NESBIT BUTTE IN WALLOWA FOREST.
STATION MARK--CENTER OF LOT.
RM--USFS DISK STAMPED---NESBIT BU LOT RM 1937---, SET IN CONCRETE
BASE OF SOUTHEAST TOWER LEG.