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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AOS_fort-stanton-medical-center_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
Established in Eighteen Hundred Fifty Five as a fort and cavalry post to control Geronimo's Mescalero Apaches. Named after Captain Henry W. Stanton, First United States Dragoons, who was killed in action with the Indians. By a Presidential proclam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AIJ_japanese-segregation-camp-no-1_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
During 1945, 17 men of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned here in what was officially known as Japanese Segregation Camp No. 1.
Shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the federal government confined more than 120,000 Japanese American cit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29HU_lincoln-historic-district_Lincoln-NM.html
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28XA_fort-stanton_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
Named for Captain Henry W. Stanton, Fort Stanton was established May 4, 1855 as a
military fort to protect settlers from Apache attacks. Operated as a military fortification until 1896, it played a part in the Civil War, was the first Tuberculosi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21UI_fort-stanton-cave_Lincoln-NM.html
Fort Stanton Cave
Has been designated a
Registered
Natural Landmark
The site possesses exceptional value as an illustration of the nation's natural heritage and contributes to a better understanding of man's environment
1975
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-a6513_white-oaks_Carrizozo-NM.html
White Oaks grew rapidly after the discovery of gold in 1869. From tent city to bustling mining town, it was the largest town in Lincoln County with cultural events and an occasional bandit. Gold depletion and failure to grant railroad right-of-way…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YH3_susan-mcsween-barber-cattle-queen-of-new-mexico-1845-1931_Carrizozo-NM.html
Her second husband was George Barber. Under the Desert Land Act, they patented 400 acres in 1883. The act required irrigating the land and in 1881 Susan built a dam across Three Rivers stream and a half-mile ditch to convey water to her property. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XVJ_american-merchant-marine-monuments-historical_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
In Memory Of
The Men And Women
Of The
American Merchant Marine
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American Merchant Marine Veterans
This ancient anchor is a tribute to Merchant Mariners the wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MSU_john-h-tunstall-murder-site-actual_Glencoe-NM.html
John H Tunstall
Age 24
Killed Here
February 18,1878
Triggering Lincoln
County War
Erected By L. C. Hist. Society
Feb. 18, 1978
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MAX_officers-quarters_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
Built in 1855, as a single story, gabled roof structure of simple design and construction, this building housed officers and their families. It was here that 2nd Lieutenant John J. Pershing was quartered in 1887 and where he met his future wife. O…