Hunter Mesa Fire Lookout Tower – Buffalo WY

City:
Buffalo, WY

Site Type:
Fire Lookouts, Forestry and Agriculture

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the Hunter Mesa fire lookout tower, about 12.75 miles west of Buffalo, Wyoming. Living New Deal is unsure whether the structure still stands.

Source notes

Building Up Wyoming: Depression-Era Federal Projects in Wyoming, 1929–1943. Michael Cassity. Prepared for the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office ... (pg. 152).
https://www.michaelcassity.org/uploads/1/2/7/7/12777320/wyodepressionerafedprojects_mpdf.pdf (accessed Jul. 21, 2022)

Location information and photo (accessed Jul. 21, 2022)
https://www.firelookout.com/WYmap.html
https://www.firelookout.com/wy/huntermesa.html

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 20, 2022.

Location Info


Hunter Mesa Road
Buffalo, WY

Coordinates: 44.333487, -106.956322

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