Monument
The Mitchell Monument was built by Weyerhaeuser in 1950. It is constructed of native stone and displays a bronze plaque with the names and ages of the victims of the balloon bomb explosion. It commemorates the "only place on the American continent where death resulted from enemy action during World War II". Weyerhaeuser donated the monument along with the land surrounding it to the Fremont National Forest in 1998. The monument site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 20 February 2003.
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