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Lookout system origins and odd geographical notes
The text notes the origins of the lookout system for forest fire protection with Squaw Mountain in Maine as the first occupied point and William Hilton of Bangor as the first lookout. It also mentions Lake Blanc near Le Blanc in France at 3,450 feet, named for quartz reflections, Bougainville as the namesake of bougainvillea, and brief figures on U S education expenditures for 1939-40 and 1941-42 totaling 2.7 billion dollars.
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Maine
Squaw Mountain
Moosehead Lake
William Hilton
Bangor
le Blanc
France
Lake Blanc
de Bougainville