If ever there was an example of how effective the NATIONAL HISTORIC LOOKOUT REGISTER can be as a catalyst in saving a fire lookout threatened with removal, Craney Hill Fire Tower is it. When word came of a proposal to replace the tower with a commercial electronics tower, the citizens of Henniker, NH went to work, with very happy results. The first lookout on Craney Hill was established in 1912. In 1932 the NH Forestry Commission constructed the current 41’ International Derrick tower with metal 7’ x 7’ cab, later a 10’x 10’ wood cab was placed on top of it, raising the tower ten feet. Regularly staffed until 1981, the lookout is now managed by the Town of Henniker, the Henniker Historical Society and the Craney Hill Fire Tower Association.