The Gachado Well was excavated between 1917 and 1919 near the Arizona-Mexico border in Pima County, Arizona. Named after a stooped mesquite tree, the well served a ranch owned by Lonald Blankenship. The line camp and water rights were sold in 1919 to Robert Louis Gray, who built an adobe house at the site in 1930. The house became a line camp, a bunkhouse for cowboys on the range in that area. The camp was used until 1976, when the Grays discontinued ranching. The site is located within Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.[2] It is accessible via the rough, unpaved Camino de Dos Republicas, which also leads to Dos Lomitas Ranch, another Gray family property.[3]
Gachado Well and Line Camp | |
 HABS image of the adobe house | |
  Location in Arizona  Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Lukeville, Arizona |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 31°52′18″N 112°47′8″W / 31.87167°N 112.78556°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1917 |
| Built by | Lonald Blankenship (well) Robert Louis Gray (house) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000348[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 2, 1978 |
The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 1978.[1]
See also
edit- Bates Well Ranch, another of the Gray family ranches in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Green, Jerome A. (April 15, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Gachado Well and Line Camp". National Park Service.
- ^ "Driving and Biking". Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. National Park Service. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
External links
edit- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AZ-153-A, "Gachado Well, Adobe House, Camino de Dos Republicas, Lukeville, Pima County, AZ", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page