El Caso Lookout Complex

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]

El Caso Lookout Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NM 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
Area	less than one acre
Built	1934 (1934)
MPS	National Forest Fire Lookouts in the Southwestern Region TR
NRHP reference No.	87002476[1]
NMSRCP No.	1444
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 28, 1988
Designated NMSRCP	March 4, 1988

See also

• National Register of Historic Places portal

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Catron County, New Mexico

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. United States National Park Service. (1988) National Register of Historic Places, 1966-1988.