Copperhead Fire Tower, Shawnee State Forest (c.1934).

ID: 388 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Shawnee State Park Nature Center’s Historic Photo Gallery, currently located next to the Nature Center in the Park’s restored CCC Log Cabin. ~ Date: c. 1934
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By Andrew Lee Feight, Ph.D.
In 1924, after purchasing the first lands for the creation of the Shawnee State Forest, the Division of Forestry constructed three fire towers in the region to help protect the state's newly acquired…