CUSTER COUNTY
LOON CREEK POINT
Challis National Forest
16N-13E-2
Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
16N-13E-2
Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
August 27, 1937: "CCC enrollees at the Loon creek spike camp have started a miniature gold rush.
Spare moments not devoted to building forest service lookout are spent panning gold from Loon creek. Arthur Rice, camp cook, found two nuggets and altogether, the youths estimate, three ounces of gold has been discovered." (The Post-Register)
Spare moments not devoted to building forest service lookout are spent panning gold from Loon creek. Arthur Rice, camp cook, found two nuggets and altogether, the youths estimate, three ounces of gold has been discovered." (The Post-Register)
1938: A L-4 cab built atop a log crib. (Kresek)
August 13, 2007: The lookout was destroyed when overrun by the Red Bluff Fire.