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Castle Peak fire look-out cabin built in 1916; not used since 1938. Repairs done in 1962 or 1963. This area was prone to frequent electrical charges during storms and was therefore not continued as a fire lookout by the Forest Service.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Castle Peak and the lookout station. The lookout station was used in finding fires throughout the surrounding areas, since it was located at approximately 11,275 feet.
Inscription on back: " The Lookout Station on Castle Pk. that I put up last year. How would you like to be up there now (5 ft. of snow). JP"
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The Castle Peak fire lookout cabin, Holy Cross National Forest, District C, with two rangers looking over the guard rail. [Photo numbered 35033A]
In September 1913, forest rangers completed a trail from the ranger station on Eby Creek to the top of Castle Peak. “Besides the grand view of the surrounding mountains to be obtained from the top, there is a telephone on top, placed there by the rangers so that you can talk to your friends in Eagle,...
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"Group to Castle Rock 1918" Mrs. Morgan, Bill Long, Leo Carey, Harry Woods, Cecil Carey, Mamie Long at the lookout station. Caption from Alda Borah.
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A group photo at the lookout station, top of Castle Peak in 1918. Each person is numbered as follows: 1- "Mayer"; 2- Earl Carey; 3- Miss Fleming; 4- Harry Dickerson; 5- Cecil Carey; 6- Harry Woods; 7- William Long; 8- Herman Stein; 9- Mr. Dickinson; 10- Marion Dickerson; 11- Dorothy Shryack; 12- Miss Fleming (appears twice); 13- Mayme Long; 14- Mrs. Dickinson; 15- Beulah Buchholz; 16- Leo Carey; 17- Marion Mayer.
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Another group shot from the Castle Peak Lookout Station. Each person is numbered as follows: 1- Mr. Mayer; 2- Earl Carey; 3- Miss Fleming; 4- William Long; 5- Dorothy Shryack; 6- Mrs. Dickinson; 7- Alda Borah; 8- Beulah Buchholz; 9- Leo Carey; 10- Marian Mayer; 11- Mayme Long; 12- Miss Fleming; 13- Marion Dickerson; 14- Herman Stein; 15- Harry Woods; 16- Cecil Carey; 17- Mr. Dickinson.
