Bertha Hill

"The birthplace of cooperative forest fire protection in the west"

 

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29 mi. NE of Orofino, ID

Elevation 5520'

Bertha Hill, originally named Thunder Mountain, is the first forest fire lookout in the western U.S.. Many stories exist about the name change, the most popular by former C-PTPA Chief Fire Warden Bert Curtis. The tower was renamed Bertha Hill by college students working for the then CTPA in honor of a girlfriend. Bertha Hill has had a total of 5 towers since the turn of the century.

Click here for pictures of the towers:

 Tower 1 Tower 2 Tower 3 Tower 4 Tower 5  Tower 6
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