Two and a half hours north of Sacramento — halfway from anywhere — an ancient metal and wood observation tower perches atop a hillside. For 92 years, someone has kept watch from the Colby Mountain ...
BUTTE MEADOWS — More than half of Ken Jordan’s life has been spent 40 feet up in a wildfire lookout tower, watching over the mountain communities of Butte Meadows and Jonesville, as well as the ...