El Caso Lookout Complex


El Caso Lookout Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location	El Caso Lake, New Mexico
Coordinates	34°6′10.77″N 108°29′39.13″W / 34.1029917°N 108.4942028°W / 34.1029917; -108.4942028Coordinates: 34°6′10.77″N 108°29′39.13″W / 34.1029917°N 108.4942028°W / 34.1029917; -108.4942028
Built	1934
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	No Style Listed
MPS	National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
NRHP Reference #	87002476 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 28, 1988

The El Caso Lookout Complex is located in the Gila National Forest north of Apache Creek, New Mexico. Built in 1934 by the Works Progress Administration, the complex was one of three New Deal-era forest fire lookouts built in Catron County. The other two are the Mangas Mountain Lookout Complex near Old Horse Springs and the Bearwallow Mountain Lookout Complex near Mogollon.^[2]

References

↑ Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ United States National Park Service. (1988) National Register of Historic Places, 1966-1988.

Topics of Catron County, New Mexico

Natural features	Aspen Mountain Jordan Hot Springs Middle Fork Hot Springs Mogollon-Datil volcanic field Mogollon Mountains Plains of San Agustin Red Hill volcanic field San Francisco River Turkey Creek Hot Springs Whitewater Baldy

Protected areas	Blue Range Wilderness Catwalk National Recreation Trail Gila National Forest Gila Wilderness Whitewater Canyon National Forest Recreation Area

National Register of Historic Places listings	Bearwallow Park Bearwallow Mountain Lookout Cabins and Shed Black Mountain Black Mountain Lookout Cabin Ake Site El Caso Lake El Caso Lookout Complex Bat Cave Mangas Mountain Lookout Complex Mogollon Historic District Socorro Mines Mining Company Mill, Fannie Hill Mogollon Baldy Lookout Cabin Red Hill Mogollon Pueblo Zuni Salt Lake

Historic people	Apaches Chiricahua Cochise Elfego Baca Butch Cassidy James C. Cooney Goyaałé (Geronimo) Tom Ketchum Mangas Coloradas Mimbres Culture Mogollon Culture Victorio Wild Bunch

Historic places and events	Alma Massacre Cooney's Tomb Battle of Tularosa Frisco Shootout Gila Cliff Dwellings The Lightning Field

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types

Lists by states	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

Lists by associated states	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau

Other areas	District of Columbia Morocco

Category Portal WikiProject

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, May 04, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.