Watchmen did more than sit in the cab atop the tower and watch for smoke or fire.
They also took care of repairs on watchmen's camps and on the phone lines and other equipment.
The watchmen at Spencer Mountain in 1917 were E.S. Turner and S.D. Call of Levant.
R.L Brick of Levant was chief warden in 1917.
A wood lookout tower opened in 1906 at Spencer, replaced in 1927 by a 12-foot steel structure.
