The inn blew off the mountain when it came loose from its iron mooring rods and chains one autumn. It was rebuilt only to blow apart twenty-five years later. The New Hampshire Forestry Commission built the first fire tower on Mount Kearsarge North in 1909. Through cooperative efforts, the Forest Service helped staff the tower from 1911 to the 1960s. Mount Kearsarge North supports the last remaining fire tower in the White Mountain National Forest.
Planes now monitor forest lands for fires.
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