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Harney Peak, now known as Black Elk Peak, rock tower built in 1938 by CCC, last staffed in 1967 Fort Lookout IV , Oacoma, SD , NRHP-listed Elk Mountain Fire Tower, Hells Canyon District, Black Hills South Dakota-measured as the tallest fire tower in the country-80+feet tall
The Harney Peak fire tower was last staffed in 1967. [29] A United States post office was operated at Black Elk Peak from 1936 until 1942, and again from 1945 until 1946. [30] The Harney Peak post office was reportedly one of the "most elevated post offices in the United States". [31] A manmade dam was also created on the peak in 1935.
Slate Peak [3] is a 7,440-foot (2,270-metre) mountain summit located on the shared border between Okanogan County and Whatcom County in Washington state. It is part of the Okanogan Range , which is a sub-range of the North Cascades .
Location of Pennington County in South Dakota. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pennington County, South Dakota.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States.
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CCC crews built a number of stone buildings to house the refuge headquarters near the Sod House site, and several refuge buildings at Buena Vista, four lookout towers, the main refuge patrol road, four concrete dams, numerous canals and bridges, and hundreds of miles of fence. The camps were closed in 1942. [2] [10]
An uncontrolled wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest forced mandatory evacuations in Running Springs and Arrowbear Lake.
Starting on Rim Drive, the trail is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. It has many switchbacks, and ends at the fire lookout tower on the summit. [11] [14] [15] The trailhead is at an elevation of 7,683 feet (2,342 m), and the trail climbs approximately 1,479 feet (451 m) to the top of Mount Scott at 8,934 feet (2,723 m). [14] [15]