MOUNT WRIGHT
Teton County - Lewis and Clark National Forest - 26N-10W-26
September 3, 1931: "The fire, which was started by lightning, was discovered Sunday afternoon by guards and smoke chasers stationed at the Wrong creek and Mt. Wright lookouts. (The Choteau Acantha)
September 28, 1933: "Going Monday to the Teton area were Toralf Tokerud, Charles Buroker, A.A. Wells, Louis DeWitz, Fred Dutro, Julian Stenson, Francis Suiste, George Lindseth, Earl DeRusha, Wilford Schelmerdine, A.H. Munson and Clifford Blixrude. They were joined later by Jos. Knutzon who will be foreman in charge of the construction of a glass lookout on the top of Mt. Wright. Blixrud will run a crew in charge of building range fences on the south fork of the Teton and north fork of Deep creek. Mr. Wells will have charge of the construction of a telephone line to the top of Mt. Wright. Mr. Buroker will be the camp cook." (The Choteau Acantha)
October 19, 1933: "First to be completed was the construction of a lookout on top of Mt. Wright, which is 8,865 feet above sea level and is at the head of the north fork of Teton on the continental divide. Joe Kundtzon was in charge of this work and was assisted by Louie DeWitz and Frea Dutro. Mr. Knudtzon is expected in Choteau today. The other two have gone to the Biggs creek flat project.
Another crew composed of A.A. Wells, foreman, Julikan Stenson and Bill Schelmerdine constructed a telephone line to the top of Mt. Wright and also to an emergency lookout on Wrong creek." (The Choteau Acantha)
November 9, 1933: "The completed projects were the construction of a lookout atop Mt. Wright at the head of the north fork of the Teton river, and the construction of two telephone lines, one leading to the Mt. Wright lookout." (The Choteau Acantha)
December 15, 1933: "A new lookout house has been built at Mount Wright in the Teton district." "A new telephone line has been built to the Mount Wright lookout peak." (The Independent Record)
July 25, 1935: "On the Teton district, which is under Ranger McLean and Ranger L.J. Howard, the following have been assigned to lookouts: Elmer Allum, Mt. Wright." (The Choteau Acantha)
June 23, 1938: "From Birch creek south to and including the north fork of Sun river, the assignments are: Houston Bosseler of the State university, Mt. Wright lookout fireman." (The Choteau Acantha)
June 8, 1939: "Lookouts will be stationed as follows: Kenneth Baldwin, Mt. Wright." (The Choteau Acantha)
June 13, 1940: "The following men, together with their stations, will be employed by the service in fire prevention work this summer: Lorman Bruno of Choteau on Mt. Wright." (The Choteau Acantha)
August 19, 1943: "J.W. Breen visited his son, Billy, at the Mount Wright lookout on the Lewis and Clark National forest, Saturday and Sunday. Only two lookouts on the Teton division, which extends north to the park line, have been manned thus far this summer and no fires have been reported to date." (The Choteau Acantha)
August 26, 1943: "A Teton high school youth, Bill Breen, sighted and extinguished a fire recently which had been caused by lightning in the virgin timber on Mount Wright, near here.
Breen was acting as a forest service lookout on Mount Wright when he saw the lightning strike. When smoke rose from the spot shortly afterward, Bill promptly went out and extinguished the blaze." (Billings Gazette)
July 26, 1945: "Mt. Wright on the North Fork of Teton river is now manned--William C. Grater of Pittsburg Penn., is stationed there. He is a Forest School student from Montana State University." (The Choteau Acantha)
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DESIGNATION - MOUNT WRIGHT LOOKOUT
PID - ST0543
STATE/COUNTY- MT/TETON
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - MOUNT WRIGHT (1995)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (ANS)
MOUNT WRIGHT FOREST SERVICE LOOKOUT TOWER IS IN THE LEWIS AND
CLARK NATIONAL FOREST ON THE NORTHERN AND HIGHEST PEAK OF MOUNT
WRIGHT, ABOUT 33 MILES WNW OF CHOTEAU, AND 1-1/2 MILES E OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WHICH IS THE BOUNDARY LINE OF THE
FLATHEAD-LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FORESTS. THE CENTER OF THE
HOUSE WAS INTERSECTED.
