SHOSHONE COUNTY
PULASKI
Coeur d'Alene National Forest
48N-4E-32
48N-4E-32
1934: 50-foot pole tower with L-4 cab. (Kresek)
September 4, 1936: "The lookout on Mount Pulaski has been called in by forest service officials because of rain and cool weather which has minimized the danger of forest fires." (Spokane Chronicle)
1946: Abandoned (Kresek)
1946: Abandoned (Kresek)
DESIGNATION - PULASKI
PID - SU1035
STATE/COUNTY- ID/SHOSHONE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - WALLACE (1995)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (WWH)
LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALLACE, ON A PROMINENT
BARE HILL LYING BETWEEN THE DRAINAGES OF LAKE CREEK AND THE
WEST FORK OF PLACER CREEK, AT A DESTROYED U.S. FOREST SERVICE
LOOKOUT STATION.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 10 AND
BIG SPRING ROAD GO SOUTH ON BIG SPRING ROAD FOR 0.2 MILE,
TURN LEFT ON THE FOREST SERVICE ROAD TO POLARIS AND PULASKI
LOOKOUT TOWER. FOLLOW THIS ROAD UP THE MOUNTAIN FOR 6.5 MILES
TO A T ROAD INTERSECTION ON THE MAIN TRAVELED ROAD. THERE
IS TWO OTHER ROADS AT THIS POINT WHICH APPEAR TO BE USED VERY
SELDOM. RIGHT FORK GOES TO POLARIS, THE LEFT FORK CONTINUES
ON STRAIGHT AHEAD TO PULASKI LOOKOUT TOWER. FOLLOW MAIN
TRAVEL ROAD STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR 1.7 MILES TO SIGN TRAIL NO 115
AND LOST LAKE AT A REVERSE Y ROAD, CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD
ON MAIN TRAVEL ROAD FOR 0.6 MILE TO A T ROAD AND SIGN TRAIL
NO 106-STRIPED PK. - MT. PULASKI 2-1/2 MILES CONTINUE
STRAIGHT AHEAD ON MAIN TRAVEL ROAD FOR 3.6 MILES TO THE
STATION.