El Caso Lookout Complex

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El Caso Lookout Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
N.M. State Register of Cultural Properties

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Location	Gila National Forest, El Caso Lake, New Mexico
Coordinates	34°6′11″N 108°29′39″W / 34.10306°N 108.49417°W / 34.10306; -108.49417Coordinates: 34°6′11″N 108°29′39″W / 34.10306°N 108.49417°W / 34.10306; -108.49417
Area	less than one acre
Built	1934 (1934)
MPS	National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
NRHP reference #	87002476^[1]
NMSRCP #	1444
Added to NRHP	January 28, 1988
Designated NMSRCP	March 4, 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

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "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	Apache 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

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