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Rattlesnake Springs Historic District

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71: 88: 988: 113: 999: 120: 95: 294:(CCC) laborers, removed most of the homestead structures and continued to landscape the area. A CCC camp was established at Rattlesnake Springs. During the latter part of World War II, the now-abandoned CCC camp was used as a recreation center for military personnel from a nearby airfield, but was demolished by the 1950s. 877: 1043: 972: 908: 892: 1023: 500: 321: 882: 279:, established the Harrison ditch system to irrigate the lands, which remains in existence, and which is responsible for the landscaped appearance of the area today. Harrison died in 1930, and the 326: 967: 913: 554: 934: 836: 867: 801: 766: 841: 746: 706: 531: 806: 796: 791: 771: 887: 721: 636: 756: 751: 626: 152: 846: 811: 716: 691: 831: 781: 761: 736: 726: 711: 701: 686: 666: 641: 631: 621: 283:
acquired the property as a source of water for the national park, 6 miles (9.7 km) to the north and west. The Park Service built a number of structures in the
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style. A fruit orchard established by Harrison and landscaping created by the Park Service also are considered contributing elements to the historic district.
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Later Park Service structures were designed by Ken Saunders and Del Jones at the Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs in
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on July 14, 1988. The area is noted for the number of bird species it supports in the otherwise arid region.
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Pueblo, New Mexico Territorial
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Parmeter, John; Neville, Bruce; Emkalns, Doug (2002).
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
NM State Register of Cultural Properties

Rattlesnake Springs Historic District is located in New Mexico
Rattlesnake Springs Historic District is located in the United States
Carlsbad, New Mexico
32°06′36″N 104°28′04″W / 32.11000°N 104.46778°W / 32.11000; -104.46778
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
oasis
Chihuahuan Desert
U.S. President
William Henry Harrison
National Park Service
Territorial Revival style
Civilian Conservation Corps
Santa Fe
Pueblo Revival
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places listings in Carlsbad Caverns National Park
National Register of Historic Places listings in Eddy County, New Mexico


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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