Gaudineer Knob
| Gaudineer Knob | |
|---|---|
 View from Gaudineer Knob | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,449 ft (1,356 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 720 ft (220 m)[2] |
| Coordinates | 38°36′55″N 79°50′39″W / 38.61528°N 79.84417°W |
| Geography | |
  Gaudineer Knob Location of Gaudineer Knob in West Virginia | |
| Location | FR 27A |
Gaudineer Knob is a mountain summit on the
fire tower
, formerly occupied the crown of the knob.
History
The knob had been a prominent, but unnamed, peak in a vast wilderness when in the late 1930s it was named in memory of Donald Gaudineer, one of the USFS's early rangers in the
fire towers in his district, and various other routine forest management activities. In the mid-1930s Gaudineer was transferred to the Cheat Ranger District, at Parsons, and on April 27, 1936, he was killed while attempting to rescue his children from a house fire. The USFS selected the scenic peak east of Cheat Bridge (in his former ranger district) as a fitting memorial.[3]
Gaudineer Knob Lookout Tower
Only the concrete footers remain from the fire tower that from 1936 through the 1970s surveyed the forest landscape surrounding Gaudineer Knob.[4]
Gaudineer Scenic Area
The 140-acre (57 ha)
clear-cut
in the early 20th century.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gaudineer Knob
- ^ "West Virginia Summits". PeakList.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- ^ Carvell, Kenneth A. (September 1999). "Gaudineer Knob and Its Namesake". Wonderful West Virginia magazine. 63 (11). West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ Beanblossom, Robert. "Donald R. Gaudineer". West Virginia Encyclopedia. West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved May 31, 2016.