La Luz

La Luz (HMV01)

Location: Alamogordo, NM 88310 Otero County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 58.505', W 105° 58.764'

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In 1719, Spanish Franciscan missionaries built a chapel here dedicated to Nuestra Se?ora de la Luz, Our Lady of the Light. The naming of the village is also attributed to the will o'wisp light in the canyon, a perpetually burning lamp in an elderly woman's home and a signal fire left by the male settlers, which when seen by the female settlers exclaimed "La Luz! All? est? la luz !, The Light, there is the light!" Settlement of the village did not begin until around 1860, when settlers arrived from other villages devastated by floods on the Rio Grande.
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HM NumberHMV01
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Placed ByNew Mexico Historic Preservation Division
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Date Added Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 9:47pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)13S E 408480 N 3648950
Decimal Degrees32.97508333, -105.97940000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 58.505', W 105° 58.764'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 58' 30.30" N, 105° 58' 45.84" W
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Area Code(s)505
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 277-289 Co Rd 545, Alamogordo NM 88310, US
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