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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUWR_capit_Capitan-NM.html
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Side A:Many incidents in the Lincoln County War, 1876-1879, occurred in the area around Capit?n. The promoters Charles B. and John A. Eddy platted the townsite in 1900, after building a spur of the El Paso & Northea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUWQ_capitan_Capitan-NM.html
Many incidents in the Lincoln County War, 1876-1879, occurred in the area around Capitan. The promoters Charles B. and John A. Eddy platted the townsite in 1900, after building a spur of the El Paso & Northeastern Railroad from Carrizozo in order …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVY_carrizozo_Carrizozo-NM.html
Carrizozo, county seat of Lincoln County, was established in 1899, a new town on the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. The ghost town of White Oaks, once a booming mining camp, is nearby. Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett, Governor Lew Wallace, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVW_carrizozo_Carrizozo-NM.html
Carrizozo, county seat of Lincoln County, was established in 1899, a new town on the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. The ghost town of White Oaks, once a booming mining camp, is nearby. Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett, Governor Lew Wallace, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVV_malpais_Carrizozo-NM.html
Spanish explorers called this extensive lava flow malpais, or badlands. The river of lava that flowed down this "Valley of Fires" erupted from a volcano some 7 miles north of here about 1000 years ago. Extending through the valley for 44 miles, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVU_carrizozo_Carrizozo-NM.html
Carrizozo, county seat of Lincoln County, was established in 1899, a new town on the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. The ghost town of White Oaks, once a booming mining camp, is nearby. Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett, Governor Lew Wallace, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVT_carrizozo_Carrizozo-NM.html
Carrizozo, county seat of Lincoln County, was established in 1899, a new town on the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. The ghost town of White Oaks, once a booming mining camp, is nearby. Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett, Governor Lew Wallace, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVS_greathouse-station-and-tavern_Corona-NM.html
In late November, 1880, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, David Rudabaugh and William Wilson were hiding out near here at a store and tavern operated by James Greathouse and a partner named Kuch. The night of November 27, they were surrounded by a p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVR_corona-new-mexico_Corona-NM.html
The earliest settlers in the area were the Spanish ranchers who raised sheep and cattle on the open rangelands surrounding Corona. In the 1850's, a stage line was established from Las Vegas to White Oaks and Fort Stanton, transporting passengers, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOB_smokey-bear_Capitan-NM.html
This is the resting place of the first living Smokey Bear. In 1950 when Smokey was a tiny cub, wildfire burned his forest home in the nearby Capitan Mountains of the Lincoln National Forest. Firefighters found the badly burned cub clinging to a bl…