MONJEAU
New Mexico - Lincoln County - Lincoln National Forest
October 20, 1932: "A new road is being built to Mount Jeau station, which is a new lookout station. The road to it being built is about three miles in length." (Alamogordo News)
June 8, 1933: "Charles Pepper, will at once start work on the Monjeau Observatory 12 miles northwest of the Ruidoso. This glassed-in observatory will be completed about the 1st of July." (Alamogordo News)
August 19, 1933: "The observatory which has been erected on the summit of Monjeau is proving a great attraction for visitors, and there are a number daily who make the trip to the summit. The entire journey to the peak of this mountain may now be made by auto as a good road was constructed there last year. The observatory is 14 x 14 feet, glassed in on all sides with a shingle roof. The structure is insulated from lightning. The ranger or lookout occupies the building for a kitchen and bedroom. The observatory commands a view over a wide expanse of country, and the Sangre de Cristo range in northern New Mexico can be seen, also the Sandias near Albuquerque, Black Range, the Sacramentos, and other mountain ranges. At the foot of the peak nestles the Eagle Lake dam which feeds Nogal Lake, the S.P. Reservoir." (Alamogordo News)
April 19, 1939: "Construction of picnic facilities at Monjeau Lookout near Ruidoso in the Linciln National Forest is planned by the Forest Service, an official said Tuesday. Frederic A. Baker, landscaper architect in the regional Forest Service office here, is visiting the peak this week, checking plans for the development." (Albuquerque Journal)
1988: Monjeau Lookout (added to the National Register of Historical Places 1988 - - #87002483)