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Luna Jacal | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Luna Jacal | |
  Luna Jacal  Luna Jacal | |
| Location | At base of Pena Mountain in Big Bend National Park, Big Bend National Park, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 29°12′55″N 103°32′4″W / 29.21528°N 103.53444°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1890 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000282[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 8, 1974 |
The Luna Jacal or Luna's Jacal was the residence of Gilberto Luna, a Mexican pioneer farmer in the area of Texas that would become Big Bend National Park. The jacal, an indigenous Tejano dwelling suited to the desert environment, was built about 1890[2] with a low sandstone and limestone wall about 4 feet (1.2 m), with forked poles set upright into the walls, supporting roof poles. The house backs up to a large boulder. A heavier line of poles extends the length of the jacal. The roof was made of ocotillo branches weighted down with earth and stones, presently replaced with an inappropriate soil-cement roof. Luna raised a large family at the jacal, peacefully coexisting with otherwise hostile Comanche who used the Alamo Creek area as a war trail. Luna died there in 1947 at age 108 or 109.[3]
Luna's jacal was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 1974.[1] It was restored in 1971 and again stabilized in 1983.[2]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Luna Jacal". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
- ^ Battle, David G. (February 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Luna Jacal". National Park Service. Retrieved June 23, 2011.