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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17IE_for-southern-independence_Socorro-NM.html
(front):Victory Awaits You.
(back):This monument honors and perpetuates the memory of the brave Texas citizen volunteers who offered their lives and fortunes in the defense of the Confederate states of America during the war for southern indep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM155F_magdalena-livestock-driveway_Magdalena-NM.html
South across the road lies one of the west's historic "hoof highways" which was used annually from 1885 until 1971. Sheep and cattle were driven to and from the railroad at Magdalena, NM or to Springerville, AZ. The driveway was 5 to 10 miles wide…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUER_rio-salado-sand-dunes_La-Joya-NM.html
Dunes along this part of the Rio Grande Valley are formed by sand blown northeastward from the normally dry bed of the Rio Salado (salty river). The Rio Grande is in a deep trench between the uplifted Los Pinos Mountains to the east and the Ladron…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUEO_acomilla_La-Joya-NM.html
The Camino Real wound its way below the black basaltic buttes of San Acacia, seen to the southeast. Named Acomilla, or Acomita (little Acoma) by the Spanish, these buttes form the walls of a narrow passage for the Rio Grande, along which hostile A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDQ_sabino-y-lemitar_Lemitar-NM.html
The Camino Real passed near here below the bluffs on the east bank of the Rio Grande. Apache raids prevented permanent Spanish settlement of this area until the early 1800s, when the village of Sabino was established on the east bank of the river …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDP_socorro_Socorro-NM.html
In 1598, Juan de O?ate's Spanish colonization expedition arrived here at the Piro Indian Pueblo of Pilabo, They renamed it Socorro owning to the food and shelter provided by Pilabo's inhabitants. The pueblo and its Spanish mission were destroyed d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDO_the-garcia-opera-house_Socorro-NM.html
Using the gold he had left her, the widow of Juan Nepomuceno Garcia began construction of the Garcia Opera House is 1884. It was completed three years later in 1887. It served as the main center for cultural and community events including theatric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDN_carthage-tokay-farley_San-Antonio-NM.html
In the 1860s, a coal field east of San Antonio was occasionally mined by soldiers for heating fuel and to fire their blacksmith ovens. In 1883, the Santa Fe railroad built a bridge across the Rio Grande at San Antonio and laid track to the new coa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDM_san-pedro_San-Antonio-NM.html
Established in the 1840s on the east bank of the Rio Grande, San Pedro became an important trading center along the Camino Real. The sister village of San Antonio, it was once known for its extensive vineyards and other agricultural produce. The v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDL_san-antonio_San-Antonio-NM.html
Established in the mid 1600s, the mission of San Antonio de Senec? was the last outpost on the Camino Real before the Mesilla Valley to the south. Around 1820 Hispano settlers from the north re-occupied the area after the Pueblo Revolt. Conrad Hil…