NEW MEXICO LOOKOUTS
SIERRA BLANCA
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March 3, 1914: "The forest service has decided to build a road to the very top of Sierra Blanca, the highest peak in the White Mountains, an elevation of over 12,000 feet. A permanent fire 'lookout' will be stationed at the point. as the entire Lincoln county forest can be viewed from the peak. In fact, the view ranges miles in every direction, beyond the Staked plains in the east, into Mexico on the south, the San Andreas and beyond in the west and as far as Albuquerque to the north." (The Santa Fe New Mexican)