SANDERS COUNTY
BASSOO PEAK
_Flathead Indian Reservation
24N-25W-10
24N-25W-10
1934: 30' pole platform tower. (Kresek)
June 8, 1938: “Plans are under way to construct the lookout at Bassoo Peak which lies on the divide between the Cabinet Forest and the Flathead Indian Reservation at the head of Rock Creek on the west and Bassoo Creek on the east.” (The Sanders County Independent-Ledger)
June 8, 1938: “Plans are under way to construct the lookout at Bassoo Peak which lies on the divide between the Cabinet Forest and the Flathead Indian Reservation at the head of Rock Creek on the west and Bassoo Creek on the east.” (The Sanders County Independent-Ledger)
1938: 50' pole L-4 tower. (Kresek)
1964: L-4 cab. (Kresek)
1983: 2-story with shed roof. (Kresek)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (ANS)
BASSOO PEAK LOOKOUT TOWER IS ON THE TOP OF BASSOO PEAK, A
SHARP ROCKY PEAK ABOUT 9 MILES WNW OF NIARADA AND ABOUT 17
MILES NNW OF HOT SPRINGS IN THE CABINET NATIONAL FOREST. IT
IS A U.S.F.S. LOOKOUT TOWER.
THE TOWER IS OF WOOD, ABOUT 30 FEET HIGH, AND 38 FEET N OF
THE AZIMUTH MARK FOR U.S.C. AND G.S. STATION SNOWSTORM. STATION
SNOWSTORM IS ABOUT 3-1/2 MILES SW.
THE TOP AND CENTER OF THE TOWER WAS CUT IN.