| Summary: | A circular mountain identifier plaque or name plate atop Red Mountain, in Kittitas County, Washington, August 4, 1938. Points radiate outward from the center, allowing those on the summit to identify mountain peaks visible from the 360-degree panorama. Peaks identified include (beginning from compass point North, turning clockwise: Big Snow Mountain; Glacier Peak; Iron Cap Mountain; Mount Thompson; Huckleberry Mountain; Alaska Mountain; Mount Stuart; Mount Alta; Kendall Peak; Mount Rainier; Silver Peak; Guye Peak; Denny Mountain; Snoqualmie Mountain; Garfield Mountain; Mount Price; Mount Baker. According to Ira Spring and Byron Fish, Red Mountain (including its fire lookout station) "was in one of the chummiest spots. From its summit, the person there could see five other lookouts." [from Spring, Ira and Fish, Byron. Lookouts: Firewatchers of the Cascades and Olympics. Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers, 1996.] Note: It is unclear (though unlikely) that this plaque remains on Red
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