Residents of Northumberland and Lancaster counties traveling Courthouse Road may have never given much thought to the two adjacent towers in Miskimon.
One is huge, modern, ascending perhaps 300 feet into the air. The other is smaller, older, and standing 100 feet. It is dwarfed by its giant neighbor. The modern tower is a cell tower. The other is a fire tower, almost 90 years old.
That is the Miskimon Fire Tower, rich in an untold history. That tower is the “main character” of Almost in the Clouds: The Story of the Miskimon Fire Tower, by local author Susan Anthony-Tolbert.
The tower is a landmark or should be, said Anthony-Tolbert.
The Miskimon Fire Tower served…
