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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20XQ_women-of-the-santa-fe-trail-new-mexico-historic-women-marker-initiative_Maxwell-NM.html
Women of the Santa Fe Trail
The Women of the Santa Fe Trail endured untold hardships traveling across the Great Plains. In 1829, six Hispanic women were the first known female travelers going east on the trail. In 1832, Mary Donoho was the firs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20XP_clifton-house-site_Maxwell-NM.html
Three-quarters of a mile west of here at the Canadian River crossing was the popular overnight stage stop on the Old Santa Fe Trail. Clifton House Site was built in 1867 by rancher Tom Stockton, with materials brought overland from Dodge City. For…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H5E_the-mountain-route_Raton-NM.html
To the north is Raton Pass, a treacherous connection through the rough mountain terrain between Colorado and New Mexico. Wagon trains traveling on the Santa Fe Trail camped here, at a trail stop called Willow Springs, to either prepare for or reco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H5D_first-automobile-in-new-mexico_Raton-NM.html
Robert L. Dodson bought a steam-powered Locomobile in Denver with plans to drive it to Albuquerque. Accompanied by a Locomobile representative, on November 30, 1900, the pair became the first motorists to traverse treacherous Raton Pass into New M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H5C_raton_Raton-NM.html
Once the Willow Springs freight stop on the Santa Fe Trail, the town of Raton developed from A.T. & S.F. repair shops established when the railroad crossed Raton Pass in 1879. Valuable coal deposits attracted early settlers. Nearby Clifton House w…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUTQ_santa-fe-trail_Cimarron-NM.html
Side A:The difficulty of bringing caravans over rocky and mountainous Raton Pass kept most wagon traffic on the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail until the 1840's. Afterwards, the Mountain Branch, which here approaches Raton Pass, became more …