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Old Zacatosa Ranch Image Gallery


On May 15, 1942, authorization was given to create a new Army facility on the property known as the Zacatosa Ranch, on the eastern boundary of Del Rio, Texas; the 38 photographs of the Zacatosa Ranch exhibited below were captured just a week later on May 22, 1942.

Construction of the new base began on June 6, 1942, and Beneficial Occupation was established on October 29, 1942. On December 2, 1942, the results of the Eminent Domain Settlement included:


...purchase 3,862.48 acres, more or less, together with all buildings and improvements thereon and all appurpenances thereto, for $101,500  [that's $26.28 per acre].

The first aircraft arrived at the new Army base on January 10, 1943, and on March 28, 1943, the old Zacatosa Ranch was officially dedicated as Laughlin Air Force Base in posthumous honor of Army Air Corps Lieutenant Jack Thomas Laughlin.

Please hover your mouse over each image to read its caption, and click on each image to view its larger rendition.

Looking East at house at Ranch Headquarters
Looking West at House at Ranch Headquarters
Looking North at House at Ranch Headquarters
Looking Easterly at Chuck House, Ranch Headquarters
Looking West at "Delco Plant" House, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Southwest at adobe house, Ranch Headquarters
Looking West at adobe house, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Northwest at adobe house, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Northwest at feed house, Ranch Headquarters (Sheep eat on Rt & Left w/ Truck driving in middle next to Foreman's house)
Looking Westerly at concrete water reservoir, Ranch Headquarters
Looking East at labor house, Ranch Headquarters
Looking West at labor house, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Southwest at saddle House, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Southwest at storage House, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Southwest at Sheep Hospital, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Westerly at water trough, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Easterly at corrals, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Northwest at corrals, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Southeast at corrals, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Easterly at hay shed, .25 mile South, Ranch Headquarters
Looking Easterly At Garage,Ranch Headquarters (Adjacent to Ranch House on Right if looking out of front door facing SE)
Looking East At Windmill, 1.5 mi. West of Ranch Headquarters
Looking South Along Zacatosa Creek
Looking East Along Zacatosa Creek Near Ranch Headquarters
Looking West Along Zacatosa Creek At End Of Meadow
Looking North On Zacatosa Creek
Water Storage Reservoir At Ranch Headquarters (Mex foreman and his family lived here; Foreman's House, not Labor House; Laborers stayed on bunk rolls in Saddle House; Concrete Tank)
Concrete Water Trough East Of The Ranch Headquarters
Open Gramm Grass Glade - South Central Part Of Site
Gramma and Mesquite Grass Glade - Central Part Of Site
Juahilla Ridge
Sheep And Self-Feeder, West Of The Ranch
Mesquite Grass Glade And Sheep - Southeast Part Of Site
Open Glade Along Piple Line - Central Part Of Tract
North Edge Of Site Along U.S. Highway 90
Ranch House, Windmill And Concrete Water Storage Reservoir At Headquarters, Looking Northwest
Ranch House - Looking North
Concrete Water Storage Tank Off West Edge Of Site; Well On Site
Source:
LHF Archives


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