Booth Hill

This hill, known as Booth Hill or Nike Hill, is the highest point in our area. The wildfire that swept through the area recently, the Gray Fire, started in the wheat fields to the southwest of the hill, burned up over the hill and headed for Lakeland Village, a facility for handicapped persons. The firefighters saved Lakeland, but the fire went around it and burned to the northeast into the city of Medical Lake where nearly 200 homes were destroyed. The fire also destroyed the communications towers, a junkyard of old cars and te buildings at the top of Booth Hill, though by the time this photo was taken the communications facilities had already been rebuilt.