MOUNT DANAHER
Eldorado County - California Department of Forestry
June 24, 1933: "Take Camp Mt. Danaher (CCC) as an example. This camp is near Camino, on lands donated by the Michigan-California Lumber Co., It was called Mt. Danaher in recognition of the aid of the Michigan-California Lumber Co., the late James Danaher having been general manager of the company. Here the men cleared off the site, built a road into it from the highway, built good camp buildings, including bunk house, cook house, office, and recreation rooms. They built a water tower and installed a large water tank with a double garage below, where is stored a forest fire truck. They also built an 80-foot lookout tower." (The Timberman)
August 11, 1938: "The old Six-Mile House, stopping place for travelers in an earlier day on the route between Placerville and Lake Tahoe and Nevada points, was destroyed by fire shortly after noon Tuesday.
Origin of the blaze was believed a defective flue. A whisp of smoke was noted coming from the roof of the building by the lookout at the Mt. Danaher State Division of Forestry station, and by the time the fire crew reached the scene the entire roof was ablaze," (The Mountain Democrat)
May 30, 1955: "State Forestry officials announced plans yesterday for a three-day experiment to study the feasibility of replacing or supplementing human forest fire lookouts with TV cameras and receivers.
W.D. Winters, deputy state forester in charge of fire control, said the experiment will be conducted from a lookout tower atop Mt. Danaher in neighboring El Dorado County June 8, 9 and 10.
A TV camera will be focused at various locations where foresters will set off smokepots.
If successful, Winters said, the equipment will enable viewers to determine the direction and approximate distance of the smoke." (Humboldt Standard)
1987: The lookout was closed.