{"id":813,"date":"2024-02-21T14:46:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=813"},"modified":"2025-02-09T09:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T16:14:32","slug":"cement-ridge-fire-tower","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/?page_id=813","title":{"rendered":"CEMENT RIDGE FIRE TOWER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CEMENT-RIDGE-FIRE-TOWER-1024x715.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-814\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CEMENT-RIDGE-FIRE-TOWER-1024x715.png 1024w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CEMENT-RIDGE-FIRE-TOWER-300x209.png 300w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CEMENT-RIDGE-FIRE-TOWER-768x536.png 768w, http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CEMENT-RIDGE-FIRE-TOWER.png 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The original Cement Ridge fire lookout was built between 1911 and 1913. At that time it was a one-room log cabin with a shingle roof. In 1921, a crow\u2019s nest with a glassed-in house was constructed. A new lookout was built by the Civilian Conservations Corps and finished in 1941.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Decimal Degrees:<\/strong>&nbsp;44.3547455, -104.0752748<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westlookouts.weebly.com\/cement-ridge.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WestLookOuts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackhillsnf\/posts\/1656340194626577\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdpb.org\/blogs\/kevinwoster\/the-cement-ridge-story-historic-tools-help-fire-lookout-pinpoint-wildfires\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SDPB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annestravels.net\/cement-ridge\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anne\u2019s Travels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalforests.org\/blog\/black-hills-old-history-new-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Historic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original Cement Ridge fire lookout was built between 1911 and 1913. At that time it was a one-room log cabin with a shingle roof. In 1921, a crow\u2019s nest with a glassed-in house was constructed. A new lookout was built by the Civilian Conservations Corps and finished in 1941. Decimal Degrees:&nbsp;44.3547455, -104.0752748 Links: WestLookOuts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-813","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=813"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4163,"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/813\/revisions\/4163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackhillsbackroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}