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Kentucky chapter has been working with the Route 377 Volunteer Fire Department
on the preservation of the Hickory Flats Fire Tower. The cab was rust proofed
and painted this fall by members of the fire department. The Cabin roof repairs
are complete. The site was visited by the Kentucky Heritage council in august
and placed in the Kentucky Historic Resource Inventory (Site Number: RW 149).The
history of the tower has been researched by Rachel Kennedy a Research and Planning
Coordinator with the Kentucky Heritage Council. She is fairly certain the Civilian
Conservation Corps Camp 578, F-4 was responsible for the construction of the tower
site. The tower also hosted the Rowan County Historic Club. The group of 27 plus
visited the site and pledged their support to the project. Three
members of the Kentucky Forest Fire Lookout Association; Charlie Mcdaniel, Dowe
Blevins (Fire Chief of the Route 377 Volunteer Fire Department) and I, visited
Cumberland Falls State Resort Park. The park was the site for the annual Kentucky
CCC Alumni Reunion. I presented a PowerPoint program on the Hickory Flats Fire
Tower along with an overview of other Kentucky towers. The Kentucky parks service
recently secure funds to restore the Pinnacle Knob Fire Tower located on park
property .I e-mailed the Kentucky Commissioner of Parks and expressed my support
of the project. On September 21, 2005 the local lookout association presented
a program on the fire towers to the Morehead Rotary Club.
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