Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Fire lookouts occupy an uncommon spot in the world. Their function is simultaneously ...

Two and a half hours north of Sacramento — halfway from anywhere — an ancient metal and wood observation tower perches atop a hillside. For 92 years, someone has kept watch from the Colby Mountain ...

The first Forestry Commission lookout tower was built in 1930 near Camden by the Civilian Conservation Corps. ⁠The tower network eventually included more than 130 towers and was used for 65 years to ...