New Mexico - Capitan

Smokey Bear Museum and Park

Smokey Bear Museum and Park

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Location of Event:
Capitan Mountains
New Mexico		 Date of Event:
Spring of 1950		 Loss of Life:
 
Location of Memorial:
102 Smokey Bear Blvd.
Capitan, NM		 Dedication:
 		 Pictures:
None available.
Notes:

There is a museum and grave site dedicated to Smokey the Bear, who was initially found in the are during a forest fire in 1950.

Smokey is also featured on the "Fire Service History & Tradition" page.

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