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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CE_view-of-the-rockies_Springer-NM.html
This is a two sided markerSide A:Reaching altitudes more than 13,000 feet, well watered, and forested, the Rocky Mountains are host to numerous recreational activities including skiing, fishing, hunting, and camping. To the north can be seen numer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CD_point-of-rocks-the-dorsey-mansion_Springer-NM.html
This is a two sided markerSide A:Point of RocksPoint of Rocks was a major landmark along the Santa Fe Trail. Located in Jicarilla Apache country, it was near here that the party of Santa Fe merchant J.W. White was attacked in 1849. Kit Carson was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CC_old-colfax-county-courthouse_Springer-NM.html
Built in 1879 at a cost of $9,800, this building served as the Colfax County Courthouse from 1882 through 1897, when the county seat was moved to Raton. This building housed the New Mexico reform school for boys from 1910 to 1917 and has been a pu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUTS_springer_Springer-NM.html
Located in the old Maxwell Land Grant and near the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail, Springer served as Colfax County seat from 1882 to 1897. Several men were killed here in one of the late flare-ups of the Colfax County War, a dispute betwee…