FLATHEAD COUNTY
MEADOW PEAK
Kootenai National Forest
27N-26W-20
27N-26W-20
July 12, 1933: “The lookout building at Meadow Peak was hit by lightning during the storm of Sunday night. Walfrid Fallman, the lookout stated that it was an exceptionally heavy bolt. The building was well wired for lightning, and except for a rather exciting and unusual experience, Fallman suffered no inconvenience what ever. The building was not injured in the least. This tends to prove the contention made by many lookouts that a well insulated lookout building is the safest place on the mountain tops during a lightning storm.” (The Sanders County Independent-Ledger)
July 21, 1933: "The Meadow Peak lookout building was hit by lightning during a recent storm. Walfrid Fallman, Cabinet national forest lookout said the exceptionally heavy bolt caused considerable excitement but that neither he nor the building was injured as the lookout was well wired for lightning, This tends to prove the contention made by many lookouts that a well insulated lookout building is the safest place on the mountain tops during a lightning storm." (Northern Idaho News)
August 2, 1951: "The Northern Montana Forestry association put out two fires yesterday. One spotted by the Meadow Peak lookout in the Cabinet forest, was between Lost Prairie and Little Bitterroot Lake. This blaze, apparently a hangover fire from the Saturday storm, was less than a quarter acre in size." (The Daily Inter Lake)