- 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.
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