IDAHO COUNTY
ELKHORN MOUNTAIN
Bitterroot National Forest
25N-13E-29
25N-13E-29
1933: An L-4 cabin was built. (Kresek)
1957: A 10-foot cinder block base with an R-6 cab constructed by Dave Langley and a crew of two men. All materials were packed from the Salmon Mountain base camp using remount packers.
July 12, 1958: "Two men waiting in the woods with a damaged helicopter will have to spend another day there because the parts needed to repair the craft didn't arrive in Missoula Friday in time to be shipped to them.
The helicopter was disabled Wednesday in landing at Elkhorn Point lookout in the Selway-Bitterroot primitive area north of the Salmon River breaks in Idaho.
The trip to them will be made Saturday with another helicopter carrying blades for the rear rotor and a rotor shaft along with a mechanic.
The two men are Stan Greenup, a Bitterroot National Forest Employe, and Fred Gerlach of Missoula, pilot who flew Greenup to the lookout to prepare it for summer use." (Billings Gazette)
June 13, 1962: "Dave Garner, formerly of Victor. He is attending college and was on Elk Horn last year (1961)." (Ravalli Republic)
June 21, 1963: "Elk Horn: Dave Garner, formerly of Victor will return to this lookout for his third season. He is attending Hastings College at Hastings, Neb., where he is majoring in Music Education." (Ravalli Republic)
July 3, 1969: "Scott Keating, an engineering student from Gonzaga, will man Elk Horn. Keating is from Milwaukie, Ore." (Ravalli Republic)
1991: The lookout was destroyed. (Kresek)