Capitan, New Mexico
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Capitan is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located north of the Lincoln National Forest between the Capitan and Sacramento Mountains at an elevation of 6,350 feet. The population was 1,489 at the 2010 census. Capitan was founded in the 1890s and incorporated in 1941.
The Billy the Kid Trail through Capitan
Aerial view of Capitan in 1941
Tahoe National Forest Fire Engine 731 and Crew at Smokey Bear Viewpoint in June 1990 (temporarily assigned to Lincoln National Forest) with the Capitan Mountains and Capitan Gap in the distance. Capitan village is in the valley between the Mountains and the Viewpoint.
Smokey Bear
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Smokey Bear is an American campaign and advertising icon of the U.S. Forest Service in the Wildfire Prevention Campaign, which is the longest-running public service announcement campaign in United States history. The Ad Council, the United States Forest Service (USFS), and the National Association of State Foresters (NASF), in partnership with creative agency FCB, employ Smokey Bear to educate the public about the dangers of unplanned human-caused wildfires.
Smokey Bear's debut poster. Art by Albert Staehle.
The original Smokey Bear, playing in his pool at the National Zoo, sometime during the 1950s.